CCMH 525 Week 8 Individual Assignment Week Eight
Homework Exercise
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Week Eight Homework Exercise
Answer the following questions covering material from Ch. 14 of the Methods in Behavioral
Research text
What is replication, and what role does it play in increasing the external validity or
generalizability of a study? (2 points)
What is the difference between an exact replication and a conceptual replication? Provide an
example of each. (2 points)
What is meta-analysis, and how is it useful? (2 points)
True or false: In many cases, meta-analysis involves calculating an average effect size for a
relationship between variables. (1 point)
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using college students as research participants. (2
points)
True or false: Many constructs, such as physical attractiveness and self-esteem, appear
constant across cultures; thus, external validity is less of a concern when conducting research
on such constructs. (1 point)