HD FS 503
Study Guide: Exam I
Spring 2002
Susan Hegland
Instructions: Put the last four digits of your social security number on each page of your test. Separately
staple the three parts of the exam: concepts, essay 1, and essay 2.
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A. Concepts. (60 points) For each of the following ten terms,
a. give a brief (2 - 3 lines) explanation of the concept as used in research (Don’t use the term in the
definition!). (4 points)
b. give a brief (1 - 2 lines) example of the concept in research methods used in human development
and family studies. (2 points)
1.
debriefing
2.
response set
3.
internal validity
4.
external validity
5.
test validity
6.
construct validity
7.
internal consistency
8.
test-retest reliability
9.
purposive sampling
10.
mediating variable
11.
moderating variable
12.
Cronbach’s alpha
13.
snowball sampling
14.
informed consent
15.
operational definition
16.
response sets
17.
Multiple measure, multiple method
18.
trend study
19.
panel study
20.
oversampling
21.
sampling frame
22.
double-barreled question
23.
construct validity
24.
predictive validity
25.
proportional stratified sampling