Social Science Research Methods and Statistics
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Humanities
Choose the right design and test, spot validity threats, and read statistical output the way a reviewer would
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Quizzes
Write items in which the stem is a compact study description giving the design, the variables with their measurement levels, the sampling, and where relevant the reported output. Ask which test is appropriate, which assumption is violated, which validity threat the design is exposed to, or what a specific number licenses. Cover independent and paired t tests, one-way and factorial ANOVA with interaction, chi-square,…
Tests
Build an assessment weighted 30 percent multiple-choice on test selection and assumptions, 40 percent short answer, and 30 percent one applied critique. Short answers of four to eight sentences should ask the student to state the hypotheses in words and symbols, name the appropriate analysis with a justification tied to measurement level and design, state the assumptions and how each would be checked, and interpret…
Flashcards
Cards must be decision rules and inference limits, not formulas. Permitted patterns: a selection card whose front gives outcome measurement level, number of groups and whether observations are independent, and whose back names the test and the one feature that decided it; an assumption card whose front names a test and whose back lists its assumptions and the practical consequence of violating each in one clause; a…
