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Chapter 7: From Manipulative to Analytic Control: Quasi-Experimentation
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following people played a significant role in encouraging researchers to reconsider viewing methods in a hierarchical manner?
A. Donald T. Campbell
B. John Stuart Mill
C. Ronald F. Campbell
D. Abraham Ribicoff
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Donald T. Campbell and Quasi-Experimentation
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which of the following was one of the first examples demonstrating the logic of quasi-experimentation.
A. evaluation of the 1990’s opioid crackdown in Indiana
B. evaluation of the 1970’s crack epidemic in New York
C. evaluation of the 1950’s speeding crackdown in Connecticut
D. evaluation of the 1920’s bootlegging crackdown in Louisiana
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Logic of Quasi-Experimentation
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. ______ is a time series of a particular outcome of interest that is used to establish an underlying trend, which is “interrupted” by an intervention at a known point in time.
A. Multiple time-series design
B. Time-series design
C. Temporal precedence
D. Interrupted time-series design
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Eliminating Rival Plausible Explanations
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. ______ is a quasi-experimental design where measurements are taken from two groups of test units. The experimental group is exposed to a treatment/independent variable, and then another series of measurements is taken from both groups.
A. multiple time-series design
B. time-series design
C. temporal precedence
D. interrupted time-series design
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Multiple Time-Series Designs
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. ______ control involves the ability to create situations and randomly assign people to groups; ______ control involves using our heads to anticipate and address all rival plausible explanations.
A. Manipulative control; experimental control
B. Analytical control; experimental control
C. Manipulative control; analytical control
D. Manipulative control; quasi-experimental control
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: New Threats to Internal Validity
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Julie has designed an experiment that allows her to randomly assign people to one of two groups. What type of control does Julie have?
A. manipulative control
B. analytical control
C. experimental control
D. quasi-experimental control
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: New Threats to Internal Validity
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. Nia is conducting a study with intact groups; thus, she needs to anticipate and address all rival plausible explanations. What type of control does Nia need?
A. manipulative control
B. analytical control
C. experimental control
D. quasi-experimental control
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: New Threats to Internal Validity
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. Jessie would like to evaluate the academic performance of students in two different high schools. Jessie cannot randomly assign students to high schools, so how can Jessie minimize rival plausible explanations?
A. manipulative control
B. analytical control
C. experimental control
D. quasi-experimental control
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: New Threats to Internal Validity
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. A situation in which you cannot randomly assign people, you should look for ______ to make reasonable guesses about plausibility.
A. waitlist control groups
B. analytical control groups
C. quasi-experimental control groups
D. “nonequivalent” control groups
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Multiple Time-Series Designs
Difficulty Level: Hard
10. ______ involve potential participants who are on a waitlist for a service or treatment can be used as a control group to evaluate the effectiveness of that service or treatment.
A. Waitlist control groups
B. Analytical control groups
C. Quasi-experimental control groups
D. “Nonequivalent” control groups
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Multiple Time-Series Designs
Difficulty Level: Hard
11. A dentist wants to try a new treatment plan for gingivitis but can only offer it to a certain number of people. He wants to use the remaining eligible people as a control until he can give them the treatment later. What is this control group called?
A. waitlist control groups
B. analytical control groups
C. quasi-experimental control groups
D. “nonequivalent” control groups
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Multiple Time-Series Designs
Difficulty Level: Hard
12. Lily is attempting to compare the impact on new drug laws on crime rates in Colorado by comparing it to states that have not adapted similar laws. However, she is finding it hard to find a comparison state. Which internal validity concern is likely the cause?
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. diffusion of treatment
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Diffusion or Imitation of Treatments
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The ______ acts to minimize the groups’ separation and heighten their similarity.
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. diffusion of treatment
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Diffusion or Imitation of Treatments
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. The ______ occurs when the treatment or program being evaluated involves goods and/or services considered desirable and where there is a large disparity between groups.
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. diffusion of treatment
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Compensatory Equalization
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. If members in the less desirable group know that they are in the disadvantaged group what internal validity threat may occur?
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. diffusion of treatment
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Compensatory Rivalry
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. Celia is conducting a study comparing the athleticism of high school athletes to members of the band through a game of tug-a-war. The band is aware that they are the disadvantaged group, and this causes them to win the game. What threat to validity may have caused this win?
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. diffusion of treatment
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Compensatory Rivalry
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. The ______ is named after an instance where a person outperformed a steam drill when they learned that their performance was to be compared to it.
A. John Stuart Mill Effect
B. Compensatory Rivalry Effect
C. John Henry Effect
D. John Henry Compensatory Rivalry Effect
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Compensatory Rivalry
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. ______ may occur if those in the control group perceive the result as adverse and inevitable.
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. diffusion of treatment
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Resentful Demoralization
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. A local group of dancers know that their ability to learn and replicate dance moves are being compared to the nationally renowned Jabbawockeez. The local group does not put forth their usual effort and does very poorly. What threat to internal validity likely caused this?
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. mortality
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Resentful Demoralization
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. ______ occurs when some individuals drop out of the research before it’s completed.
A. Compensatory equalization
B. Compensatory rivalry
C. Resentful demoralization
D. Mortality
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Mortality
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Single-session, short-term laboratory experimentation virtually precludes ______ as a problem. But in the field, where time-series data and a succession of follow-ups are more likely, this problem increases in relevance.
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. Mortality
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Mortality
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Alicia is conducting a study on marathon runners by interviewing them at multiple points during the marathon, however, some individuals she interviewed leave the marathon without completing. What threat to internal validity is this?
A. compensatory equalization
B. compensatory rivalry
C. resentful demoralization
D. mortality
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Mortality
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. According to Weiss, which of the following is NOT one of the three major areas of political consideration should evaluation researchers be aware of in their research?
A. Programs are political creatures.
B. the personal stance of the evaluator
C. politics of the decision-making process
D. the political stance of the evaluation itself
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Politics of Evaluation Research
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. ______ is the view that a better world can only be created by empirically driven evaluators.
A. Empirical morality
B. Resentful demoralization
C. Evaluation imperialism
D. Empirical imperialism
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: So What Can a Person Do?
Difficulty Level: Easy
25. Weiss offers three pieces of advice for dealing with politics in evaluation research. Which of the following is NOT included in her advice?
A. put program goals “in sensible perspective”
B. minimize the involvement of politicians
C. evaluate a particularly strong version of the program before, or along with, the evaluation of the ordinary levels at which it functions”
D. do something other than evaluation research
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: So What Can a Person Do?
Difficulty Level: Easy
True/False
1. The three criteria of causality should not be considered when assessing quasi-experimentation.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Donald T. Campbell and Quasi-Experimentation
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Rival plausible explanations are not a concern in traditional laboratory experimentation.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Eliminating Rival Plausible Explanations
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. When we cannot randomly assign people, we should start looking for “nonequivalent” control groups to allow us to make “reasonable guesses.”
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Multiple Time-Series Designs
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. Time-series designs should not be used in quasi-experimentation.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Time-Series Designs
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. In traditional laboratory research, it is easy to isolate experimental and control groups from each other.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Diffusion or Imitation of Treatments
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Quasi-experimentation does not threaten internal validity.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: New Threats to Internal Validity
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Mortality refers to a situation in which some individuals drop out of the research before it’s completed
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Mortality
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Evaluation researchers should be aware of political considerations.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Programs Are Political Creatures
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. Compare and contrast how rival plausible explanations are eliminated in traditional laboratory experimentation compared to in quasi-experimentation.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Eliminating Rival Plausible Explanations
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Summarize and distinguish between the five threats to internal validity relevant to quasi-experimentation.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: New Threats to Internal Validity
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Identify the key differences between manipulative control and analytic control and discuss when each approach should be used.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: New Threats to Internal Validity
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Identify the key differences between time-series designs and multiple time-series designs.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Time-Series Design | Multiple Time-Series Design
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Summarize what it means to have a John Henry effect in your research and discuss how it may threaten internal validity.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Compensatory Rivalry
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Consider the logic of quasi-experimentation and discuss the advantages and disadvantages to the use of quasi-experimentation. Provide an example of a study in which quasi-experimentation should be used.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Logic of Quasi-Experimentation
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Consider the politics of evaluation research and discuss how and why politics should be considered in evaluation research. Now imagine that your local government wants to implement a basic income of $1,000 per month for citizens earning less than $200,000 per year and they want you to evaluate the programs efficacy. Discuss the following:
- name the independent variable in this study.
- propose a possible dependent variable for this study.
- What are two rival plausible explanations?
- evaluate the study’s internal validity, identify what threat(s) to internal validity you believe might be present, and state how you might safeguard the study to control for those threats.
- discuss the potential use of time-series data and why it may (or may not) be helpful to this study.
- discuss the role of politics in this process
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Politics of Evaluation Research
Difficulty Level: Hard
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