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Quasi Experiment

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A research design that approximates an experimental design, but it is not a true experiment because it does not include random assignment.

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What are two goals one keeps in mind when designing a Quasi

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Figure out comparisons; make them as equivalent as possible, and thank about alternative explanations and rule them out.

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History

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Another event occurs after the treatment that accounts for the effect.

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Maturation

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Participants naturally evolve, get bored, tired, etc, between first and second assesment.

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Regression to the Mean

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The tendency for extreme data points to regress back towards the average.

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Testing

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Asking people twice (or more), changes their answers..

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Attrition/Mortality

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When people group out of the study, and differ from those who do not.

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Differential Attrition and Differential History

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DA: Those in the treatment group are more likely to drop out than the control group.
DH: Something happens to one of your groups and not another.
Threats to internal validity in Pretest-Posttest Non-Equivalent Group Designs.

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Control Series Design

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Interrupted time series design with control groups.

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Mediator

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The psychological reason why an effect occurred. IV-Mediator-DV.

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Moderator

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A variable that changes the magnitude of a known effect when present or absent - tells you when an event will occur.

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Factorial Designs

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An experiment design with more than one IV.

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Factor

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An independent variable in a factorial design.

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Cell

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The conditions in a factorial design. (2x2 = four cells).

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Main Effect

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Effect of each factor averaging across the other factors.

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Interaction

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A pattern of means in which the influence of one factor depends on the level of another factor. Similar to a moderator.

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Marginal Means

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Use to compute main effects - mean of single IV effects - end of column/row.

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Simple Main Effect

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The effect of one IV at particular levels of another. More specific than a main effect.

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Interaction Effect

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Differences between differences (simple main effects) - If there is no difference, there is no interaction.

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Mixed Factorial Designs

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Manipulate one IV using between-subjects design, and another using within-subjects design.

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Nonmanipulated Independent Variable Factorial Designs

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Measured but not manipulated - usually participant variables (ex: self-esteem).

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Factor Analysis

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Organize the variables into a smaller number of clusters, such that they are strongly correlated within each cluster, but weakly correlated between.

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Correlation Matrix

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Correlation (r) between every possible pair of variables in the study.

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Multiple Regression

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Measuring several IV (all possible causes of DV) resulting in an equation that expresses DV as an additive combination of the IV - shows if an IV makes a contribution to a DV over and above contributions made by another IV.