690+midterm+Marcie's+study+guide

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Planning for the 690 test (which is prepared in [|Quia]) Points = 80

Question types include multiple choice, true/false, fill-in, check all that apply, matching, rank-order, and short answer. Here’s how the items are distributed (39 items altogether). Question type || Total pts for that item type || Multiple choice (2 pts ea) || 15 || 30 || True/false (1 pt ea) || 12 || 12 || Rank order (6 statements to order) || 1 || 6 || Matching (4 statements to match) || 1 || 4 || Fill-in (2 pts ea) || 5 || 10 || Check all that apply (5 pts ea) || 2 || 10 || Short answer (2 worth 3 pts; 1 worth 2 pts) || 3 || 8 || Total items/points || 39 || 80 ||
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Main test fodder: Class text (Fraenkel & Wallen), class notes and slides. NOTES:
 * · One question on the test is associated with the ECR reading by Smith—An Experimental Comparison of Methods of Measuring Ethnicity.
 * · One question on the test is associated with the ECR reading by Rothstein/Jacobsen—Measuring Social Responsibility.

Process: I’ve placed the link to the test near the very “top” of our Moodle website; it’s hidden now … but on “test day” you’ll quickly see it. The morning of “test day,” I’ll also send out a message that features the direct link to the test (just in case Bluehost is “down” and Moodle isn’t accessible) and how you log-in to it! The link will go live at 5:30 pm/Pacific on Tuesday, Aug 3—and close at 10:00 pm that evening; during that 4-1/2 hour period, you’ll have a 90-minute window to complete/submit the test. When you are ready to begin, simply click the link and the log-in screen will display. You will not receive a score when you submit your completed test—since I must grade many of the items manually. Suggested strategy: The test is completely open book, open notes, but your success truly depends on being prepared. As important, I expect you to work on it independently; this part of the class is not a team effort!

Quia, unfortunately, doesn’t bookmark—so some of you may opt to print the test, jot down your responses on the printout, and then go back online and fill in the blanks. Again, you cannot bookmark a Quia page – so don’t start answering questions if there’s even the slightest chance you’d inadvertently close your browser window without clicking Submit/Done.

Topics o These questions will be both “definitional” (you may be asked to match a “name” with its definition/description) and scenario based (for example—asking you to select the study type and identify, as appropriate, the independent and dependent variables).
 * · A working definition of research—and how it compares to other “ways of knowing.”
 * · The scientific method (from a process perspective).
 * · Whether or not a question/statement is researchable.
 * · Characteristics of research designs—but at a very high level
 * · Distinguishing features (at a very high level) of surveys, tests, observations, and content analyses.
 * · Ethical conduct.
 * · Scales (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)
 * · What distinguishes researcher-completed instruments from those that subjects or participants complete.
 * · External and internal validity (including a few of the ways to “control” for it), as well as the two types of generalizability.
 * · Reliability -- and a couple of ways to “ensure” it.
 * · Measures of central tendency.
 * · Norm- v. criterion-referenced testing.
 * · Sampling.
 * · Within a reference list—APA-style citations for a journal article, an edited book, and a “short work” from a website where the author is identified.
 * · Within the narrative—an APA-style citation for a secondary reference.
 * · Distinguishing between primary and secondary information sources.
 * · Data triangulation (ASK if you’re not sure what we’re talking about!)