An obstetrical facility obtained ratings from patients about their recent birth experience in the hospital. Ten women who had undergone non-medicated childbirth, ten women who had chosen spinal anesthesia, and ten women who had used hypnosis were compared. Because these patients were not randomly selected, a non-parametric procedure was chosen to compare the ratings of the women using the three different childbirth techniques. What non-parametric test would you choose to answer the question?
What will be an ideal response?
Correct Answer:
Kruskal-Wallis test
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a. “He just pushes me around.” b. “Why can’t she be nice once in a while?” c. “She only cares about the other students. She doesn’t care about me.” d. “He takes me seriously.”
Summarize differences between guidance and punishment
What will be an ideal response?
What is the major drawback of using percentile ranks to describe students' performance on a standardized test?
a. Even many low-achieving students tend to get above-average percentile scores. b. Percentiles tend to underestimate how much students have actually learned. c. Because most students get fairly low scores, they become easily discouraged and their self-efficacy decreases. d. Students in the middle range can be quite similar in achievement and yet have scores that are somewhat dissimilar.
Which of the following would be an indication that an activity is a good classroom problem solving experience?
a. Students all solve a problem using the same process. b. Students are pleased when they have the answer. c. Students all agree about how to solve the problem. d. Students solve the problem through several different techniques.