Data Analysis C-8, C-10, C-11, D-3, D-5

Question 1

Data analysis involves

Answer 1

extracting useful ifnromatin from data

Question 2

Data analysis guides

Answer 2

decision making

Question 3

Answers “How consistent and accurate is our visual analysis?”

Answer 3

Reliability and visual analysis

Question 4

Type I error:

Wrongly concluding

Answer 4

IV has produced a change in DV when it hasn’t

Question 5

Type II error:

Wrongly concluding

Answer 5

IV has NOT produced a change in DV when it has

Question 6

Formative visual analysis:

Occurs

Answer 6

Throughout the investigation

Question 7

Formative visual analysis:

Seeks to explore

Answer 7

Within- and across-phase effects

Question 8

Summative visual analysis:

Occurs

Answer 8

after the investigation is complete

Question 9

Summative visual analysis:

Seeks to determine

Answer 9

effects of the IV

Question 10

Cyclical data patterns show repeating sequences of:

Answer 10

increasing and then decreasing trends in a data set

Question 11

Immediacy of change:

TIme between the

Answer 11

Introduction/removal of an IV and change in the DV

Question 12

Level shift

Answer 12

changes in central tendency across phases

Question 13

Overlap

Answer 13

range of values shared across phases

Question 14

Percent of non-overlapping data (PND) is % of values

Answer 14

NOT shared in current condition compared to adjacent condition

Question 15

Split-middle method:

allows one to

Answer 15

estimate and polot a trend line

Question 16

Split-middle method:

Trend line helps

Answer 16

compare trends between conditions

Question 17

Stability envelope:

Involves

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2 parallel lines drawn on either side of the median or trend

Question 18

Stability envelope:

Helps to determine

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Stability around level/trend within conditions

Question 19

Dual criteria method & conservative dual criteria methods are

Answer 19

refinments of the split-middle method

Question 20

Dual criteria method:

Carries

Answer 20

trend and level lines from previous conditions to adjacent conditions

Question 21

Conservative dual criteria:

Same as dual criteria EXCEPTS

Answer 21

adjusts level lines by .25 standard deviation

Question 22

Consistency of patterns:

Answers

Answer 22

Are patterns in subsequent replications similar to one another?

Question 23

Visual analysis variables:

Answer 23

level
trend
variability
overlap
immediacy of change
consistency of patterns

Question 24

Type I error AKA:

Answer 24

false positive

Question 25

Type II error AKA:

Answer 25

false negative

Question 26

2 types of visual analysis

Answer 26

formative and summative visual analysis

Question 27

characteristics of trend analysis (3):

Answer 27

slope
magnitude
stability

Question 28

Methods for evaluating trend changes:

SMM, SE, DCM, CDCM

Answer 28

Split-middle method
Stability envelope
Dual criteria method
Conservative dual criteria method