1.) Survey research is a quantitative and qualitative method. Constructing survey items is not an easy task. A.) Describe in detail the model for writing effective survey items (HINT: there are five qualities of that effective items should have). B.) Describe in detail and in your own words how responding to survey items is a psychological process.
2.) Quasi-experimental designs describes research that meets some of the standards of experimental design but is limited in others. A.) Define what a one-group, pretest-post test quasi-experimental design is. B.) Imagine that you want to test the effectiveness of a media campaign aimed at providing information about COVID-19 and tips for protecting yourself and your loved one from getting COVID-19; how would you use this kind of quasi-experimental design to measure its effectiveness?
3.) Using your example from the previous question, describe in detail the threats to internal validity that a one-group, pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design pose. Use the COVID-19 example from the previous question to further explain your answer.
4.) Describe the principle of converging evidence. How does this define how we do research in psychology? In your own words, why do you think this principle is important and how does it impact how you view research and the importance of research in psychology? (
5.) A.) Define what a factorial design is. Now, imagine that you want investigate the role that gender and age group play on how many consecutive days people have stayed in their homes during the state-wide mandate to “stay at home” during the spread of COVID-19. B.) Describe what the independent and dependent variables are. C.) Explain whether this would require a between-subjects or within-subjects factorial design and why. D.) Explain what an analysis of main effects would yield. E.) Explain what an analysis of an interaction effect would yield.
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