RSM802 Week 6 Lab Instructions

Methodology

IMPORTANT: Follow the template below. The text in blue are instructions and should NOT be included in your assignment. Please read all instructions carefully.

Hypothesis

Write a good Alternative H1 and Null Hypothesis Ho for this experiment below.

H1

H0

Variables

Identify the variables in the spaces below.

IV

Identify the Independent Variable(s) Be concise on what you call the IV (one or two words).

Type of IV

Identify whether the variable is categorical (nominal or ordinal) and identify the categories or if the scale is continuous (ratio or interval scale). If there are more than one IVs, repeat sequence IV, Type of IV.

DV

Identify the Dependent Variable(s). Be concise on what you call the DV (one or two words).

Type of DV

Identify whether the variable is categorical (nominal or ordinal) and identify the categories or if the scale is continuous (ratio or interval scale). If there are more than one DVs, repeat sequence DV, Type of DV.

CV

Identify any possible CoVariate. These must be variables that were collected in the study. Be concise on what you call the CV (one or two words).

Type of CV

Identify whether the variable is categorical (nominal or ordinal) and identify the categories or if the scale is continuous (ratio or interval scale). If there are more than one CVs, repeat sequence CV, Type of CV.

Design

Report the design of this experiment including the factors in a table as seen on page 333.

Below is a list of designs we have learned. Select as many as are applicable and clearly explain why this study fits the designs selected.

Archival Research	Meta-Analysis
Baseline Design	Mixed Design
Baseline designs: AB, ABA, ABAB, Multifactor, multiple-baseline, single factor	Mixed Methods Design
Behavioral baseline	Multiple –Baseline Design
Between Subjects Design	Multiple Control Design
Case History	Naturalistic Observation
Changing Criterion Design	Nested Design
Cohort- Sequential Design	Nonequivalent Control Group Design
Content Analysis	Nonparametric Design
Correlational Design	Parametric Design
Cross-Sectional Design	Pretest-Postest Design
Discrete Trials Design	Qualitative Design
Dynamic Design	Quantitative Design
Equivalent Time Samples Design	Quasi- Experimental Design
Ethnography	Randomized Two-Group Design
Experimental Design	Single factor/ Factorial etc.  (1x1, 2x2, 2,3 etc.)
Interrupted Time Series Design	Single Subject Design
Longitudinal Design	Solomon Four group Design
Matched-Group Design	Survey Research
Matched-Pairs Design	Time Series Design
	Within Subjects Design

Participants

Describe the participants, their location, recruitment, and any other descriptions appropriate for a Participant section.

Materials

List and describe the materials used.

Titles of Measures Go Here in Black. Describe the measure used. Address the reliability and validity for each as best as you can, demonstrating a clear understanding for these terms.

Use the following information in red to help with this (do not use this verbatim, paraphrase). Make sure to cover both reliability of the measures as well as all validity of the measures that may apply (face, content, construct, convergent, predictive, discriminant, concurrent). Pay attention to what these tasks measure, not to the tasks themselves as they have found to equally measure the SAME variable (hint- this is the DV). You are NOT comparing the tasks here, they are just different ways of assessing the same variable.

Task 1’s experiment is called Response Time Task A; Task 2’s experiment is called Response Time Task B. Both appear in Phase 1 and Phase 2. Both experiments measure response time by calculating your response time plus 3 seconds for errors. Both Tasks (experiments) have been tested for compatibility and have been found to be equivalent measures of response time despite their differences in appearance. Thus, there is no reason to reassess the methods of gathering response time or differences between these measures. These should be viewed as equal measures of response time. In the (fake) research, Keiser (2017) found the Response Time Task A measure demonstrated high test-retest reliability when administered a month apart on the same group of college students (N = 56) with a correlation of .94. Keiser (2016) found the Response Time Task B measure demonstrated high test-retest reliability when administered a month a part on the same group of college students (N = 74) with a correlation of .95.

Procedure

Describe the procedure for this study in your own words. This should include enough information to be replicated. Make sure to clearly express the manipulation in the study.

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RSM802 Week 6 Lab Template

Methodology

Hypothesis

H1

H0

Variables

IV

Type of IV

DV

Type of DV

CV

Type of CV

Design

Participants

Materials

Titles of Measures Go Here in Black

Procedure

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