1. When well done, __________ is NOT a major source of error in surveys.
2. Which of the following is NOT a factor that is known to influence error?
3. As compared to indirect measures of behavior, direct observations have __________.
4. A researcher is interested in studying drug use in adolescence. He gathers a list of all high schools in the nation. He randomly selects 500 schools. From these schools, he randomly selects 3000 homerooms. From each homeroom, he selects 20 students using simple random sampling. His sampling process is an example of __________.
5. Which of the following methods of collecting data in a survey usually yields the lowest response rate(s)?
6. The __________ design is to quasi-experimental designs as the multiple baseline design is to single-case designs.
7. Mail surveys are associated with __________ while face-to-face surveys are associated with __________.
8. Whenever a researcher schedules a treatment following high or low scores on the dependent measure or selects subjects based upon extreme scores he should be concerned with the threat to internal validity of __________.
9. A school psychologist records the out-of-seat behavior of a group of hyperactive children for one week. The following week she administers verbal praise. She continues to alternate tokens and verbal praise for 3 additional weeks while continuously recording their out-of-seat behavior. This is a(n) __________.
10. Interobserver reliability is to __________ as intraobserver reliability is to __________.
11. The comparison group in a nonequivalent control group design is called nonequivalent because __________.
12. A strategy for establishing is to have an observer rate the same behavior sequence at different times throughout the study.
