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Chapter 8: Producing Data: Experiments

Knowledge Prerequisites

Experiments

1. declarative knowledge (definitions)
   1. experiment
   2. sample
   3. simple random sample (SRS)
2. procedural knowledge
   1. how to construct a SRS
3. conditional knowledge
4. resources
   1. Chapter 7 of text.

Learning Goals

1. declarative knowledge (definitions)
   1. subjects
   2. factors in an experiment
   3. treatment
   4. placebo
   5. control group
   6. comparative experiments
   7. randomized comparative experiments
   8. completely randomized design
   9. statistical significance
   10. double-blind experiment
   11. matched-pair design
   12. block design
2. procedural knowledge
   1. how to construct an experiment for any experimental method
3. conditional knowledge
   1. know advantages and disadvantages for each type of experimental method
   2. know what it means when there is a statistically significant result in an experiment

Questions to Ponder

1. What is the best way to study/prepare for the concepts in this section? Are there are other methods to study these concepts?
2. What questions do you need to ask the instructor?

Purpose of this Section

Experiment are studies of individuals in which researcher deliberately imposes some treatment on individuals in order to observe their responses. For example, experiments are performed by drug companies to determine if their drug has the desired effect.

General Notes

The chapter is full of very important information. Take very careful notes.

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