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