EXPERIMAENTAL DESIGN

Question 1

EPERIMENTAL DESIGN

Answer 1

the different ways in which the testing of participants can be organised in relation to the experimental conditions

Question 2

INDEPENDANT GROUPS DESIGN

Answer 2

participants are allocated to different groups where each group represents one experimental condition

Question 3

REPEATED MEASURES

Answer 3

all participants take part in all conditions of the experiment

Question 4

MATCHED PAIRS DESIGN

Answer 4

pairs of participants are first matched on some variables that may affect the DV. then one member of the pair is assigned to condition A and the other to condition B

Question 5

RANDOM ALLOCATION

Answer 5

an attempt to control for participant variables in an independent groups design which ensures that each participants has the same chance of being in one condition as any other

Question 6

COUNTERBALANCING

Answer 6

an attempt to control for the effects of order in a repeated measures design: half the participants experience the conditions in one order, and the other half in the opposite order