Ch. 11 Vocab

Question 1

a technique for controlling progressive error that pools all subjects’ data together to equalize the effects of progressive error for each condition

Answer 1

across-subjects counterbalancing

Question 2

a partial counterbalancing technique for constructing a matrix, or square, of sequences in which each treatment condition (1) appears only once in each position in a sequence and (2) precedes and follows every other condition an equal number of times

Answer 2

balanced latin square

Question 3

a process of randomization that first creates treatment blocks containing one random order of the conditions in the experiment; subjects are then assigned to fill each successive treatment block

Answer 3

block randomization