Exam 1 Review
Three levels of APA style writing - ANS-High level, low level, organization
The Bystander Effect is an observable.... _________ - ANS-Phenomenon
APA stands for - ANS-American Psychological Association
Name your TA - ANS-Brittany!
Name 3 obviously qualitative variables - ANS-Qualitative = categorical.
Using someone else's work without citation - ANS-Plagiarism
In an experiment, all participants have an equal chance of being selected for a condition
- ANS-Random Assignment
After Method, before Discussion - ANS-Results
Operationally define Stress so that it is a quantitative variable. - ANS-Through a survey
that gives participants a score / levels of cortisol / rating of 1 - 10 / count of stressful
actions (ie chewing nails)
The average distance that scores in a data set differ from the mean of that whole set of
scores - ANS-Standard Deviation
What is the effect size for comparing the Differences between two groups -
ANS-Cohen's d
Two quantitative variables and the relationship they share - ANS-R
Relationship/Correlation
Explanation of a phenomenon (e.g., yawning happens because of a lack of oxygen) -
ANS-Theory
Can have multiple levels and is manipulated in an experiment. Thought to be the cause
in a statistical relationship - ANS-Independent Variable
, Required writing rule for your paper: Mechanics, Grammar, Spelling, No contractions,
how numbers are written, References and Reference Citations - ANS-Low Level APA
Style
Explain how to calculate cohen's d - ANS-Subtract the smaller group mean from the
larger group mean, divide by the pooled (average) standard deviation of both groups
Which effect size would you calculate to see the relationship between two quantitative
variables? - ANS-Pearson's R
In a study comparing cat people to dog people, I found that, on average, dog people get
more exercise than cat people, and my Cohen's d = 2. What does this mean? -
ANS-Dog people get more exercise- and it's a big difference!
Required writing style rule for your APA paper: Formal, straightforward, and not
personal - ANS-High Level APA Style
Given to participants before a study, participants must sign and acknowledge that they
understand the risks associated with participating in this study - ANS-Informed Consent
form
Basic or Applied:
The average score for Exam 1 decreased from last semester to this semester. Will
adding more homework increase scores again? - ANS-Applied
0.1, 0.3, 0.5
0.2, 0.5, 0.8
are known as - ANS-Guidelines/cutoffs for Relationship Strength (or effect size cutoffs)
standard deviation formula - ANS-SD
Systematic Empiricism, Empirical Questions, Public Knowledge - ANS-Features of
Science
D or R
Is there a relationship between whether people are employed or not and their level of
anxiety? - ANS-D relationship
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