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Multiple Choice Quiz I
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1

Which of the following must be balanced in order to have an interpretable repeated measures design experiment?
A)practice effects
B)individual differences
C)subject variables
D)task variability
2

A potential problem in repeated measures design experiments is
A)individual differences.
B)random assignment.
C)intact groups.
D)differential transfer.
3

Relative to an independent groups design, a repeated measures design is generally ______ sensitive in its ability to detect an effect of the independent variable.
A)more
B)less
C)equally
D)always
4

What is the general rule for balancing practice effects in repeated measures design experiments?
A)Each condition of the experiment must appear in only one ordinal (first, second, third, etc.) position.
B)Each condition must appear only in the first ordinal position.
C)Each condition must appear in each ordinal position exactly once.
D)Each condition of the experiment must appear in each ordinal position equally often.
5

Which of the following statements best describes the characteristics of the complete repeated measures design?
A)Subjects are tested on each condition only once.
B)Subjects are tested on each condition more than once.
C)Subjects are tested on one condition more than once.
D)Subjects are tested on one condition only once.
6

Which of the following is a balancing technique used in the incomplete repeated measures design?
A)block randomization
B)ABBA counterbalancing
C)all possible orders
D)ABAB counterbalancing
7

Under which of the following conditions should ABBA counterbalancing be used?
A)practice effects linear and anticipation effects likely
B)practice effects linear and anticipation effects unlikely
C)practice effects nonlinear and anticipation effects likely
D)practice effects nonlinear and anticipation effects unlikely
8

In an incomplete repeated measures design experiment each subject is tested in each condition
A)once.
B)twice.
C)three times.
D)more than three times.
9

Practice effects are described as nonlinear when participants experience
A)lingering effects of one condition when they participate in subsequent conditions.
B)individual differences in the conditions of the experiment.
C)relatively constant change across the conditions of the experiment.
D)abrupt changes in a condition and little or no change in subsequent conditions.
10

The systematic error variation due to differences among participants is _______ in the statistical analysis of repeated measures designs.
A)balanced
B)corrected
C)eliminated
D)increased





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