discussions

Choose one and discuss in detail:

1. Be able to design research given a scenario. For example: You decide to study the effects of distracted driving on attention. Design the study. Two groups? More than two? Repeated measures? Counterbalancing? Factorial? Identify IV’s, DV’s, CV’s. State the hypothesis/purpose. Give complete rationale, explanation.

2. List and define the nine steps in designing a survey research project (page 294).

3. Define the types of sampling

4. Define and Discuss validity and reliability

5. Be able to determine number of IV’s, DV’s, levels, factors, and number of groups in factorial designs (example: 2x4 design has two IV’s, one DV, two levels of first IV, 4 levels of second IV, and 8 groups – also 80 subjects if 10 per group).

6. Be able to identify IV’s, DV’s and come up with potential control variables (extraneous variables) that need to be controlled in any given study.