Exam #2
What’s on the Exam…
Terms – These are basic
concepts or processes that make up the
jargon of our discipline. Sets of
these that are particularly important to discriminate appear together in each
fill-in-the-bank term. Understanding how
terms within each set are similar and different will help you form the cognitive structure of this jargon necessary to understand and apply
these concepts and processes. There will
be 10 of these terms on Exam 2.
Short
Answers
– These ask you to articulate (using sentences and paragraphs – points will be
lost for outlines, lists, non-sentences, etc.) more complete definitions of and
interrelations among key concepts and process. These have been chosen to help
you further integrate your cognitive
structure of this information and to explicate certain scripts that specify how we complete key procedures. There will be two of these short answers on
Exam 2 – The first I will pick for you to answer; the second I will pick two
questions for you to choose from and answer. Some of the questions have
parenthetical portions that are designed to help you compose a complete answer
but these portions will not appear on the examination.
Story
Problems
‑‑ You will be given one or more story problems to consider and
asked to: 1) identify the types of research hypotheses involved, 2) identify
the appropriate statistical models, 3) evaluate whether the design is
appropriate to test the intended research hypotheses, 4) use the provided SPSS
output to test research hypotheses, estimate effect sizes and consider issues
of statistical power & sample size. There will be one story problem using each
of the four statistical models, each with several questions to answer about it.
How the Exam & Exam ReTake
work…
Exams & ReTakes will usually be taken in
the Digital Learning Center in the Library.
Taking the Exam -- Check the Unit #2 schedule to see when Exam 1 is available. Go to the DLC website and make an appointment
when to take the exam (you will also have to make an appointment for Exam 1b,
if you choose to take it.)
Grading your Exam – The Terms and parts of the Story Problems
are graded by the computer, and your grade on that portion of the exam is
available almost immediately. After the
testing period is over, I will check the grading of the Terms (spelling does
not count – if I can figure out what term you meant, and it is correct, you’ll
get credit for the item), Essays, and certain parts of the Story Problems. There are about 120 of you and the grading of
each takes about 20 minutes, so the grading won’t be done in a day or two, but
I will hurry, promise!
ReTakes – After the exams are graded, a ReTake will be available for several days. Check the Unit #2 schedule to see when the
Exam 2 Re-Take is available in the Testing Center. Please
note: The Testing Center open times
determine when you can ReTake Exams. Be sure you
check the Testing Center open day/times
when planning to take your Exam ReTake.
Depending upon how you did on the
Exam, you can retake one, any two or all three portions of the Exam (Terms,
Essays, Story Problems). Please Note: To
retake a portion of the Exam means to redo ALL the questions on that part. That is:
To retake the Terms means you answer all 10 terms on the ReTake Exam; To retake the Essays means you answer both
essays on the ReTake Exam: To retake the Story Problems means you answer
all questions on the Story Problem.
Exam Grades are based on the better score for each section. That means if on a section of the Exam you
(horrors) do poorer on the retake than on the original testing, your score will
be based on the higher, original score.
How to Study for the Exam…
In
addition to the PowerPoint and MP3 files from the lectures, there are multiple study aids available for
each of the portions of the exam. You’ll notice that the AllTheWords
sheet is mentioned to help with the study of each portion of the exam. As a previous student put it, “This is a word
game. If you don’t know the words, you
can’t play the game well!”
Terms:
Essays:
Story Problems: