_____________ is defined s the number of values that are free to vary.
a. degrees of freedom
b. levels of freedom
c. measures of freedom
d. points of freedom
What is the major advantage of a within-participants design?
a. the data are easier to interpret than are data from between-participants designs
b. it does not carry the risk of carryover or sequencing effects
c. the experimenter doesn't have to worry about whether the groups of participants are equivalent to each other
d. it is not subject to the influence of expectancy effects
For a multiple-baseline design to demonstrate treatment effectiveness,
a. all target behaviors should change, but only after the treatment is imposed for each one.
b. all target behaviors should change when the first treatment is imposed.
c. some target behaviors should increase in frequency with the treatment and others should decrease.
d. treated behaviors should change from baseline immediately while untreated behaviors should change more slowly.
Which of the following is a national organization for psychologists?
a. American Psychological Association
b. Association for Psychological Science
c. Association for Psychological Research
d. A and B
What is the difference between a within-participants design and a between-participants design?
a. the former exposes the participants to more than one level of the independent variable
b. the former involves all participants experiencing all levels of the independent
variable
c. the latter exposes all participants to all levels of the independent variable
d. the latter involves research participants testing each other, rather than the experimenter testing them
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