Manipulation checks Flashcards

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What is a manipulation check?

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a test of what a stimuli is, not what it does

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What is construct validity?

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Construct validity is about how well a test measures the concept it was designed to evaluate

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What is face validity?

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  • the extent to which a test appears to measure what it claims to measure based on face value.
  • it’s the least sophisticated measure of validity and does not require any statistical analysis
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What is a manipulation check?

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  • used to assess the effectiveness of a manipulation on the participants.
  • verifies whether the manipulated IV has successfully influenced the experimental conditions and elicited the desired change.
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What is a pilot study?

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test run of experiment where manipulation is checked without interfering with experiment

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What is the purpose of manipulation checks in survey experiments?

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  • important because subjects often take surveys away from researchers
  • can work as attention checks in surveys
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What is a nomological network?

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a representation of the concepts of interest in a study, their observable manifestations, and the relationships between them

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What are mediators?

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Psychological states that link the cause (manipulation) to the effect (outcome)

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What are moderators?

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explain conditions of interaction between a third variable of the IV that influences DV

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What is Ad hoc creation?

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most manipulations were created on the fly for specific studies without prior validation

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