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Between Subjects Design

Article Link: https://explorable.com/between-subjects-design

Articles discuss the between subjects designs as well as its advantages and disadvantages.

1. What is a between-subjects design? How can you tell if a study is a between subjects design?
    
2. What is one disadvantage of the between subjects design? How can a research address this disadvantage?
    

Between and Within Subject Designs

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-25eGNNCLg

Video discusses the difference between a between and within subjects designs.

1. What is the difference between the between and within subjects designs?
    
2. What are the advantages of using a within subjects design? What are the disadvantages?
    

Matched Group Design

Article Link: https://explorable.com/matched-subjects-design

Article discusses what a matched group design is as well as how these research studies are conducted. It includes disadvantages and advantages of the design.

1. How does a matched group design differ from a typical experimental design?
    
2. What are situations in which a matched group design is better than a traditional experimental design?
    

Multiple Dependent Variables

Article Link: http://open.lib.umn.edu/psychologyresearchmethods/chapter/8-1-multiple-dependent-variables/

Article is an open source chapter on the use of multiple dependent variables in research.

1. In what situations would a researcher measure multiple dependent variables?
    
2. What is a manipulation check? Why do researchers use manipulation checks?
    

Factor Analysis

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5lBFpWV_Fc

Video discusses factor analytic methods including confirmatory factor analysis and examples of these types of factor analyses.

1. What is a confirmatory factor analysis?
    
2. Why is factor analysis used in research studies? Creating measurements?