STUDY GUIDE FOR EXAM #4
Exam 4 will cover Chapters 8, 11, and 13 and information
discussed in lecture and videos. The exam will consist of approximately 20-30
multiple-choice questions and 2-3 short answer questions. This review guide is
only intended to help you focus on specific material.
Some information that does not appear on this sheet may still appear on
the exam!
In preparation for the exam you need to review the text and
your lecture notes.
If you have questions over any of the material presented in the text or lecture, please be sure to see me before the exam. If you can’t make my office hours, let me know and I will arrange a time for us to meet.
The main topics that you should review for the exam are listed below:
· Between Subjects Designs
o Advantages and disadvantages
o Dealing with confounds
o Other threats to internal validity (good one for a short answer question)
· Within Subjects Designs
o Advantages and disadvantages
o Threats to internal validity and handling those threats
· Counterbalancing
· Choosing the best design
· Matched-pairs design
o Advantages and disadvantages
· Scales of measurement
· Factors in determining when you are ready to begin an experiment
· Criteria for operational definitions (good one for a short answer question)
· Experimental Research Terminology (e.g., IV, DV, Experimental Group, Control Group)
· APA format
· Tuskegee Syphilis Study