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1
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what is a disadvantage and advantage of group design

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Advantage- be more generalizable if equivalence is met for groups
Disadvantage- could potentially cost more and take more time

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what are the three treatment E’s?

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Efficacy, Effectiveness, Efficiency

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the results of a study can be generalized to a people with similar characteristics

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logical generality (external validity)

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What are the three factors that influence statistical outcomes?

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  1. effect size
  2. variability of scores
  3. sample size
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Data are approximately normally distributed is called what?

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parametric statistics

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what are the four basic components of a methods section?

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  1. subjects/participants
  2. experimental materials: DV(s), IV(s), testing materials
  3. Procedure (step-by-step procedure to gather and analyze data)
  4. data analyses/statistical analyses
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this also refers to generality: the results be
extended to other experimenters,
subjects, settings, etc

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external validity

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non-parametric statistic method to determine correlation

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contingency coefficient (C) & spearman rank (rho)

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What is the parametric statistic method to determine means in between-subject design?

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independent t-test

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Measures the difference between two means (e.g., treatment vs. control group) relative to the pooled standard deviation

What effect size?

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cohen’s d

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two IV;s, with two or more levels is what type of ANOVA?

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two-way

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parametric statistic method to compare the means within design

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paired t-test (two data sets) and repeated ANOVA/MANOVA (> 2 data sets)

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One threat to external validity is the Hawthorne effect. What is the Hawthorne effect?

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The Hawthorne effect is when a participant may act differently when they know they are being “watched” in a study. It is an external validity threat to experiments.

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the results of a study can be generalized to the population

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inferential generality (external validity)

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15
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comparing the mean of two groups

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independent t-test

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what is the effect of one of your IVs on the DV

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main effect

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What are the key elements of the ‘discussion’ section in research articles (7 total)?

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  1. state major findings
  2. explain meaning and important of the findings
  3. related to findings of similar studies?
  4. consider alternative explanations for findings
  5. state the clinical relevance of the findings
  6. study’s limitations
  7. suggestions for further research
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18
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how can you control external validity better?

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  1. subject randomization
  2. larger sample size
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what is inferential statistics?

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generalize from sample to population, make predictions

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compare the means of two groups

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independent t-test

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21
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taking a test once may affect subsequent administrations of that test. It is directly related to “Within or repeated measures”.

what internal validity?

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reactive pretest

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more than two IV’s, with two or more levels is what type of ANOVA?

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multi-way

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23
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t-test, ANOVA, regression, CIs are examples of what type of statistics?

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inferential

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what are the threats to internal validity?

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History
Maturation
Reactive Pretest
Instrumentation
Statistical Regression
Differential subject selection
Attrition
interaction of Factors

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non-parametric statistic method to compare means between design

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Mann-Whitney U test for two data sets

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26
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control group not matched to Tx group is what type of experimental design?

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quasi-experimental

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what should you include in the subjects/participants section of the methods section?

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  1. inclusion/exclusion criteria
  2. sample size
  3. IRB approval?
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28
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why is measuring baseline important for a study?

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provides a point of reference to determine changes or improvements during the treatment. It helps ensure that any observed effects in the dependent variable are due to the manipulation of the independent variable(s) rather than other extraneous factors. Without a baseline, it is difficult to attribute changes solely to the treatment.

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29
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mean, median, mode, range, variance, SD are what type of statistics?

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descriptive

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30
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what are the two experimental validities related to subjects?

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internal and external

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31
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What are things to avoid in the discussion section?

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  1. overrepresentation of the results
  2. unwarranted speculation
  3. inflation of the importance of the findings
  4. tangential issues
32
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what are the threats to external validity?

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  1. subject selection bias
  2. history
  3. experimenter effect
  4. Hawthorne effect
  5. testing effect
  6. situation effect
  7. interactions between subject section bias and DV/IV
33
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what are the three things efficacious treatments should have?

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  1. therapeutic effect
  2. clinical significance
  3. personal significance
34
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What are the three major t-tests?

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paired, independent, one sample

35
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compare the mean of a sample to a predefined population mean
(our class mean GPA vs mean GPA of all SLPs in the US.

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one sample

36
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parametric statistic method to compare the means between design

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independent t-test and ANOVA/MANOVA

37
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what is the difference from ANOVA design (in terms of the number of variables)?

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ANOVA is for when there is one DV, MANOVA is for when there is more than one DV

38
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compared the means of two levels only (i.e. pre and post in the
single group

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paired t-test

39
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Regression towards the mean

what internal validity?

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statistical regression

40
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what experimental validity makes sure you have unbiased and enough size of sample for generalization of your findings which is important in clinical study

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external

41
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A variation of Cohen’s d that corrects for bias in small samples

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hedeges’ d

42
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what is a disadvantage and advantage of single subject design

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Advantage- can give a very detailed and in depth qualitative results (case study)
Disadvantage- not generalizable

43
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biological changes naturally occurring over time during
the study

What internal validity?

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maturation

44
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combination of other validity threats is what internal validity?

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interaction of factors

45
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when is a post hoc analysis necessary?

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significant main effect and significant interaction effect

46
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what section of a paper should provide the research
design to answer the research questions (or
hypotheses).

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methods

47
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if you predict a specific direction (e.g., an increase or decrease) for your hypothesis

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one-tailed test

48
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Students taking statistics courses in psychology at the Baylor University reported studying more hours for tests (M = 121, SD = 14.2) than did college students in Texas, t(33) = 2.10, p = .034.

What t-test?

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one sample t-test

49
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non-parametric statistic method to compare means within design

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Wilcoxon for two data sets

50
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what are three types of effect sizes?

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Cohen’s d
Hedges’ g
Pearson’s r

51
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compared the means of two levels only (pre and post in the single group)

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paired t-test

52
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what type of data do you use for non-parametric stats?
-nominal
-ordinal
-interval
-ratio

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nominal and ordinal

53
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what is the full name of the IRB?

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institutional review board

54
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matched control group is what type of experimental design?

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true-experimental

55
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What is advantage of using ANOVA over t-tests?

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ANOVA controls for Type I errors if there are more than two groups, while t-tests do not. If you run a t-test multiple times there is a 5% increase of type I each time. ANOVA controls for this.

56
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one IV with more than two levels is what type of ANOVA?

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one-way

57
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compare the mean of a sample to a predefined population mean

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one sample t-test

58
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When the distribution of your data deviates markedly from normal distribution or bell curve of normality

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non-parametric statistics

59
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what does p=0.05 mean?

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5% chance that the change in the DV are not the result of the manipulation of the IV(s).

60
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indicate the number of independent values that can vary in an analysis without breaking any constraints

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degrees of freedom (df)

61
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when subjects drop out of a study, that will affect interpretation of results. Recruit new subjects to be full sample or analyze data as they are without further recruitment

what internal validity?

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attrition

62
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what is the full name of HIPAA

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health insurance portability and accountability act

63
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changes in measurement due to calibration issues, or changes in observers/scorers, etc

what internal validity?

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instrumentation

64
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what is MANOVA?

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multivariate ANOVA

65
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parametric statistic method to determine correlation

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Pearson (r) and Multiple regression analysis

66
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he extent to which an experiment accurately measures what it
intended to measure (i.e., relationship between IV(s) and DV)

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internal

67
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Measures the strength and direction of the linear relationship between two continuous variables

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pearson’s r

68
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what does r2=.77 tell you?

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77% of the relationship in the correlation is predicted for the IV and DV

69
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what are the four most common statistical analyses in CSD?

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  1. t-test
  2. ANOVA
  3. correlation
  4. regression
    **all parametric tests
70
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no control group, or untreated controls is what type of experimental design?

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pre-experimental

71
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failure to balance extraneous factors across groups. It is directly related to “between subject design”

what internal validity?

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differential subject selection

72
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When a main effect is found in data analysis, what analysis is required if there are multiple levels within the factor

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post hoc

73
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is a common measure of clinical significance used to
estimate the differences between two groups (i.e., standardized mean difference) or the strength of an association between variables (e.g., odds ratio, relative risk ratio, Pearson’s coefficient)

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effect size

74
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this effect should be reported if you tested two or more IVs

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interaction effect

75
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extraneous events that occur between the first measurement and subsequent measurements

What internal validity?

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history

76
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what type of data do you use for parametric stats?
-nominal
-ordinal
-interval
-ratio

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interval or ratio

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