If you want to use two groups in an experiment and for each IQ score for a participant in Group 1 you randomly pick a participant for Group 2 having the same IQ score, you are using a
A) randomized groups design.
B) within-subject design.
C) matched groups design.
D) poor design.
What is a disadvantage of a within-subject experimental design?
A) It is necessary to counterbalance.
B) Asymmetrical transfer can invalidate the results.
C) The data are subject to range effects.
D) All of the choices are advantages.
If you use a matched groups design in an experiment you should
A) match your groups on a variable that is highly correlated to the dependent variable.
B) never match you group on a variable that is highly correlated to the dependent variable.
C) match your groups on a variable that is highly correlated to the independent variable.
D) match your groups on socioeconomic class.
I have one group of students shoot baskets at two foot intervals between the distances of 5 ft. and 15 ft. while a second group does it between 10 ft. and 20 ft. I find that the first group generally does best at 9 ft. and the second group at 14 ft. I have just demonstrated
A) bilateral transfer.
B) a range effect.
C) within-subject counterbalancing.
D) persistence.
A partial counterbalancing scheme that assures that each level of the independent variable appears at every position in the order equally often is called a(n)
A) Inverted Reciprocal.
B) Hawthorne Shuffle.
C) ABBA.
D) Latin Square.
No form of counterbalancing can save a within-subject design if you have
A) an underlying linear confounding variable.
B) symmetrical transfer.
C) a negative confounding variable.
D) asymmetrical transfer.
You would use ABBA counterbalancing in a
A) within-subject experiment.
B) between-subjects experiment.
C) matched groups experiment.
D) baseline experiment.
ABBA counterbalancing is effective in eliminating ____ confounding effect.
A) any
B) a nonlinear
C) a linear
D) only a small
Counterbalancing is a way to minimize
A) range effects.
B) order effects.
C) variability.
D) problems with matching.
If you are worried about the contaminating effects of exposure to one of the levels of the independent variable on behavior under other levels of the independent variable you might use which type of design?
A) between-subjects
B) within-subject
C) latin square
D) ABBA
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