Slerm

Joseph Sloan Ruzicka

Summary Worksheet

This worksheet is to help figure out what you want to say in your paragraph. You will not have the space to put all the information from the worksheet in to your paragraph. This worksheet is walking you through the steps to get to the information you need to write your paragraph. In other words, this is not an outline of your paper.

You must answer all of the questions, including the hypothesis question, in your own words.

What was the hypothesis? | |

IVs and DVs | | Conceptual | Operational |

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DVs | | |

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Were there any quasi variables? If so, what were they? | No, there were not any quasi variables. |

What was the design: mixed, between, or within? Explain in 1 – 2 sentences | The design was a between subjects design. This design was between because different people received different treatments. |

Were the variables fully crossed: yes or no or only one IV? Explain in 1 – 2 sentences | Yes, the variables were fully crossed. If I made a pundit square every cell would be full meaning each level accounted for another level. The variables are fully crossed because each independent variable matched up with another variable. |

If there is more than one IV, what is the factorial notation? Explain in 1 – 2 sentences | 2x2; There are both two conceptual independent variables and two operational independent variables. |

Did the researchers use random sampling: yes, no, or can’t tell? Explain in 1 – 2 sentences | Can’t tell. |

Did the researchers use random assignment: yes, no, or can’t tell? | Yes, the researchers did use random assignment. The participants were randomly assigned to either high earning conditions or low earning conditions. |

Did the researchers use matching, if so, what was it? | No, the researchers did not use matching. |

Describe the sample in 1 -2 sentences. | The sample in this experiment contained 141 university students at a public university,...