EXAM

INSTRUCTIONS: This is an individual assignment; each student must submit their own independent work. This exam is open note, open book, open Moodle-resources, untimed Late exams will be assigned a ZERO. Late exams will not be accepted. 1. Include an APA formatted coversheet for this exam Use the Article Summary sheet to complete questions 2-14 2. Write the article reference in APA format. 3. Identify the main independent variable(s) for this study. 4. Identify the main dependent variable(s) for this study. 5. One hypothesis of this study is that children with ADHD have fewer friendships compared to non-ADHD children. Provide information that would make this hypothesis logical. (For the purposes of this exam, information needs to be specific and logical rather than accurate; you should not have to do any research to answer this question). 6. Provide specific information that would make this hypothesis concrete. 7. Provide the corresponding null hypothesis for the hypothesis in #5. 8. Provide an additional hypothesis that could be examined with the data in this study. 9. Describe 1 threat to the internal validity of this study 10. Describe 1 threat to the external validity of this study 11. Describe what might have been the sampling plan for this study. Indicate the target population, study population, and research sample. 12. Do you think this study would be approved by IRB? Why or why not? 13. Identify a problematic/poorly worded item (question) in the sample measure. Explain what is wrong with the item and rewrite it with improvements. 14. Identify another problematic/poorly worded item (question) in the sample measure. Explain what is wrong with the item and rewrite it with improvements. CADV 380 Exam 15. List the parts of a complete quantitative journal article in order. 16. Provide an example of a positive correlation. 17. Provide an example of a negative correlation. 18. Define and identify the strengths and weaknesses of a cross-sectional and longitudinal design. 19. a. Identify three (3) distinct goal orientations and b. Write a statement that a student with each orientation might make. 20. What is meant by the “product” of educational achievement? Discuss methods used to assess such products or outcomes. 21. Describe the distinction between a) achievement and aptitude and b) crystallized and fluid intelligence. Explain which is more important and why. 22. Imagine that you are planning to conduct a study that examines teenage sexual activity. Provide three (3) strategies for obtaining honest responses. 23. Explain what is meant by standardization in research (protocol not statistics) and why is it important. 24. Consider the School Like Inventory below. Write a description of this measure that you might find in the methods section of a proposal. Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree 1. I like school. 2. I would rather be anywhere else but school. 3. I look forward to school. 4. I am happy to be at this school. 5. I feel like I am part of this. 25. Imagine that you were interested in using peer-nomination procedures (sociometrics) to identify 4 groups of students: 1) teacher’s pets, 2) class clowns, 3) teacher’s pets that are also class clowns, and 4) those who are neither a teacher’s pet nor a class clown. a. Design an efficient four (4) item measure to do this. Hint: Many students find this to be a tricky question. 26. Pretend you are the teacher of CADV 380 and you are preparing this Exam. Make up a question that you would put on this exam. It must relate to some aspect of our course material. Use the current exam as a guide -- for example, no Yes/No or True/False questions, no fill-in-the-blank or multiple choice. Remember to answer your question. 2-points Extra Credit: Write a letter to a future CADV 380OL student. You might include tips on how to be successful in this course, what you wish you had known/done differently, what worked well, or any other words of wisdom. (½ a page double spaced = 1 point; 1-page = 2 points)