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1 of 6 ID# Exam 1 PS306, Spring 2005 OK, take a deep breath. CALM. Read each question carefully and answer it completely. Think of a point as a minute, so a 10-point question should take you about 10 minutes. Don’t spend a lot more time than that on a 10-point question or you won’t finish the exam. Keep your eyes focused on your own exam, adhering to the Skidmore Honor Code. You don’t have to answer questions in complete sentences (or quality prose) — but you do have to answer questions clearly and completely. Good Luck! 1. Define both internal and external validity. Which type of validity is more important? Why? Using the Higgins and Marlatt study (drinking alcohol as a means of reducing tension) and the Argyle study (glasses and intelligence), tell me what Mook has to say about the importance of external validity. [10 pts]2 of 6 2. Dr. Juan Moore decided to extend some of Darley and Latané's results by replicating their original experiment on bystander intervention with the addition of a couple of conditions. As you might remember, the original experiment involved 3 conditions (Group Size 2, Group Size 3, and Group Size 6). Dr. Moore decides to include Group Size 4 and Group Size 5 to see if he can determine the trend of delay in helping behavior. He decides to use 6 participants in each of his 5 conditions. Unlike the original experiment, Moore uses response time in min utes as his DV. Other than the additional conditions, all else remains the same (communication study in cubicles with different numbers of "participants," talking over telephone, "victim" sounds like he's having a seizure, measure how long it takes real participant to go to help the "victim"). Some incomplete information from the replication conducted by Dr. Moore is seen below. a. Complete the source table and tell Dr. Moore what he can conclude on the basis of his experiment. b. Suppose that Dr. Moore tells you that he wants to make his experiment more powerful by conducting a repeated measures design. What are two things that you might tell him about using that procedure in his quest for power for this study. [20 pts] 6 1.667 .816 .3336 3.500 1.049 .4286 8.333 1.366 .5586 9.667 .516 .2116 9.667 .516 .211Count Mean Std. Dev. Std. Err.23456Means Table for Time to RespondEffect: Group Size3 of 6 3. Dr. Kip Werkin is an industrial/organizational psychologist who is interested in the impact of environmental factors (such as noise) on productivity. He has a group of workers experience each of a set of background noise levels (70 dB, 80 dB, 90 dB, and 100 dB) as they work on a project that involves creating delicate instruments. The dependent variable is the number of errors made in the construction of the pieces. Complete the source table and tell Dr. Werkin what he should conclude from this study. [10 pts] 10 .200 .422 .13310 .200 .422 .13310 1.000 .667 .21110 1.600 .516 .163Count Mean Std. Dev. Std. Err.SPL 70 dBSPL 80 dBSPL 90 dBSPL 100 dBMeans Table for SPLEffect: Category for SPL 3a. If the same data were analyzed with an independent groups design, what would the source table look like? Under which conditions would a repeated measures analysis of a data set not lead to a larger F-ratio than an independent groups analysis? [5 pts] Source df SS MS F Treatment Error Total4 of 6 4. Dr. Bing Bada is convinced that sleep deprivation influences aggression. To test this assumption, volunteer participants are randomly assigned to sleep-deprivation periods of 0, 24, 28, or 72 hours and subsequently tested for aggressive behavior in a controlled social situation. The dependent variable (aggression) is operationally defined as the number of times the participant hits or curses at a confederate who attempts to annoy the participant. Complete the StatView output below and then tell Dr. Bada what to do next. [10 pts] 10 .200 .422 .13310 .300 .483 .15310 .400 .699 .22110 .400 .699 .221Count Mean Std. Dev. Std. Err.0242872Means Table for Agg ActEffect: Sleep Depriv5 of 6 5. Dr. Ginger Vitas is a health psychologist who is interested in the relationship between dental heath (operationally defined as number of cavities found in an annual checkup) and general health (operationally defined as the number of illnesses experienced in the preceding year). Analyze the output seen below as completely as you can. If a person had 3 illnesses in a year, how many cavities would you predict? If a person had 6 illnesses, how many cavities would you predict? What proportion of variability do these two variables share? [10 pts] 300.738.545.529.855CountNum. MissingRR SquaredAdjusted R SquaredRMS ResidualRegression SummaryCavities vs. Illnesses1 24.501 24.501 33.521 <.000128 20.466 .73129 44.967DF Sum of Squares Mean Square F-Value P-ValueRegressionResidualTotalANOVA TableCavities vs. Illnesses.276 .245 .276 1.128 .2691.629 .109 .738 5.790 <.0001Coefficient Std. Error Std. Coeff. t-Value P-ValueInterceptIllnessesRegression CoefficientsCavities vs. Illnesses- 10123456Cavities-.5 0 .5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5IllnessesY = .276 + .629 * X; R^2 = .545Regression Plot6 of 6 5.Conceptually, how does the error term (MSError) differ between an independent groups and a repeated measures ANOVA? Why do the error terms need to differ? [5 pts] 6. What is a manipulation check? Give an example of a situation in which you would want to conduct a manipulation check, including an illustration of what it would look like. [ 5


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