Psych 202 - Psychological research II

Study Outline for Final Exam

1. Factorial Designs

1. What is a factorial design? What is a factor?
2. Why have factorial designs? 
3. Nomenclature
1. Two-Way, Three-Way, etc.

2. Two by Two, Two by Three, Four by Five by Three, etc

3. Independent groups, Within Subject and Mixed Factorial Designs

2. Statistical Analyses of Factorial Designs

1. Source of Variance

1.Main Effects

2.Interaction Effects

2. Patterns of Results from Factorial Designs

1.graphing factorial designs

2.one or both main effects significant

3.significant interaction effects

C. Interpreting significant interaction effects - Simple effects analyses

3. Small N Experimental Designs

1. Their usefulness

1.why they are still experimental

2.why they are just as useful as designs with groups of subjects

2. A-B-A Reversal Design

1.stable baseline

2.reversibility

3.how to explore several levels of an independent variable

3. Multiple Baseline Design

1.stable baseline

2.how to obtain different baselines

4. Quasi-experimental Designs

1. Why we have them 
2. Nonequivalent control group design
3. Interrupted Times Series Design / Interrupted time series with control group