Exam #4
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.
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, and 4) use the provided
SPSS output to test research hypotheses.
There will be one story problem
using each of using factorial ANOVA and Multiple Regression 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 #4 schedule to see
when Exam 4 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 4b, 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.
ReTakes – A ReTake will be
available according to the “Grading Schedule” posted on the main Psyc350 webpage Check 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 Terms, Stats selection, Factorial ANOVA, or the Multiple
regression parts of the Exam – in any combination during one sitting. 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 Stats Selection story problems means you answer all questions on the
Stats Selection story problem page.
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. The Demo and the Practice exams are good
places to focus your efforts. Re-doing
the Pink Things is also suggested – both the “terms” pink tings and the
“homework” pink things.
Terms:
Story Problems: