Research iN Psychology Final ExamOf the following, ____ might be a reason a researcher would use a quasi-experiment.

In quasi within-subjects designs each participants experiences ____ of the IV.

All levels

occur(s) when participants choose not to complete a study.

Attrition

Quasi-experiments are the most used designs for answering causal research questions.

False

Subject variables are considered experimental variables. Treatment variables are considered quasi-independent variables.

False

are events that occur during the course of a study to all or individual participants that can result in bias.

History events

are natural changes that occur to the participants during the course of a study that can result in bias.

Maturation

When participants are randomly assigned to levels of the independent variable in an experiment.

Random assignment

Quasi-experiments are not experiments because they lack?

Random assignment to experimental and controlled groups

Research done in educational settings involves a quasi-experiment, because the researcher cannot affect students

True

In the simplest type of pretest-posttest design, a behavior is measured ___.

Twice

It would be ___ to randomly assign participants to smoke in order to conduct an experiment.

Unethical

Researchers study gender as a subject variable because

gender cannot be randomly assigned

When participants are selected because the have not experienced something unique in the real world (e.g. homelessness).

natural treatment

The ___ variable allows comparison of groups of participants without manipulation.

quasi-experiment/subject

Participants may become fatigued or bored with the test after taking it once, exhibiting

testing effects