Quiz 3 - SPAUD 505 - Research Methods
- Method Section well answered to pass
method section - correct answer ✔✔Components:
· Who or what was studied?
· Materials & Procedures
· Threats to internal and external validity
· Logical extension of introduction section
· "Delineates how the research questions were addressed.
· For reviewers & readers: Are the methods chosen by the investigator(s) adequate?
subjects/participants - correct answer ✔✔· shifting of thinking to "research on individuals" to "research
with individuals"
· Other terms in CSD include respondents, listeners, judgers, readers, etc.
· Description of participants in the context of research question
o Number of participants recruited
o Number of participants retained
o Basic demographic profile (age, gender, biological sex, etc.)
o Medical/other history, if applicable
o Models/specimens.
selection criteria - correct answer ✔✔includes inclusion and exclusion criteria. Directly influences group
equivalence in BSD, internal validity.
inclusion criteria - correct answer ✔✔is a list of criteria that the participants have to satisfy to be in the
study. Ex. demographic information, educational information, medical information.
, exclusion criteria - correct answer ✔✔is a list of criteria that if the participants meet any of those
criteria, they would be excluded from the study.
population - correct answer ✔✔a group of individuals in which the researcher is ultimately interested.
sample - correct answer ✔✔general guidelines
For small populations (~ 50) - recruit all
For medium-sized populations ( ~1000)
For larger-sized populations (~100,000).
power analysis - correct answer ✔✔is a statistical tool that is used to predict the number of individuals
that are necessary for the sample to be representative of the population.
instrumentation (electronic/mechanical) - correct answer ✔✔part of materials section of methods.
o Identification of instrumentation
o Whether a similar piece of instrumentation is used for a similar purpose or not
o Instrumentation error (how do we know the instrumentation used really works for this phenomenon?)
o Basic characteristics/settings of instrument
o Calibration check.
behavioral instrumentation - correct answer ✔✔part of materials section for methods.
o Standardized & nonstandardized tests or surveys
o Reference to test manuals
o Establish intra- & inter- judge reliability.
tasks/protocol - correct answer ✔✔part of procedure section of methods.
o Sequence of tasks: experimental condition or treatment
O Very important in replicating a research study.
- Method Section well answered to pass
method section - correct answer ✔✔Components:
· Who or what was studied?
· Materials & Procedures
· Threats to internal and external validity
· Logical extension of introduction section
· "Delineates how the research questions were addressed.
· For reviewers & readers: Are the methods chosen by the investigator(s) adequate?
subjects/participants - correct answer ✔✔· shifting of thinking to "research on individuals" to "research
with individuals"
· Other terms in CSD include respondents, listeners, judgers, readers, etc.
· Description of participants in the context of research question
o Number of participants recruited
o Number of participants retained
o Basic demographic profile (age, gender, biological sex, etc.)
o Medical/other history, if applicable
o Models/specimens.
selection criteria - correct answer ✔✔includes inclusion and exclusion criteria. Directly influences group
equivalence in BSD, internal validity.
inclusion criteria - correct answer ✔✔is a list of criteria that the participants have to satisfy to be in the
study. Ex. demographic information, educational information, medical information.
, exclusion criteria - correct answer ✔✔is a list of criteria that if the participants meet any of those
criteria, they would be excluded from the study.
population - correct answer ✔✔a group of individuals in which the researcher is ultimately interested.
sample - correct answer ✔✔general guidelines
For small populations (~ 50) - recruit all
For medium-sized populations ( ~1000)
For larger-sized populations (~100,000).
power analysis - correct answer ✔✔is a statistical tool that is used to predict the number of individuals
that are necessary for the sample to be representative of the population.
instrumentation (electronic/mechanical) - correct answer ✔✔part of materials section of methods.
o Identification of instrumentation
o Whether a similar piece of instrumentation is used for a similar purpose or not
o Instrumentation error (how do we know the instrumentation used really works for this phenomenon?)
o Basic characteristics/settings of instrument
o Calibration check.
behavioral instrumentation - correct answer ✔✔part of materials section for methods.
o Standardized & nonstandardized tests or surveys
o Reference to test manuals
o Establish intra- & inter- judge reliability.
tasks/protocol - correct answer ✔✔part of procedure section of methods.
o Sequence of tasks: experimental condition or treatment
O Very important in replicating a research study.
