Experimental Designs

Two key factors, the inclusion of control groups and the utilization of random assignment, distinguish experimental designs from most other designs. Because these designs offer a higher degree of control, experimental designs have much greater internal validity than other methods.

Provide examples of both a posttest-only design and a pretest-posttest design. For each design, discuss the major threats to validity and the limits on the conclusions that can be drawn.

Discuss the importance of random assignment, and the advantages and disadvantages of using independent group designs over repeated measure designs. Post should be at least 300 words.

Please describe your post-graduation career plans. How will your education, experience, and development to date help support those plans? How will this graduate program help you to attain your goals?
Factorial Designs
Experimental Designs
If you are in a leadership position in your workplace with access to data, answer the following questions on your own. Otherwise, interview a leader in your organization. 2-3 sentences per question should suffice.
Review Chapter 3 in the course text, The Photographers Eye. Choose a subject of interest on which to base the composition of your photograph.
6 Thinking Hats
Think back over the semester and reflect on the course assignments and your learning.
Briefly describe why these two paintings (or sculpture, photograph, etc) resonate with you and how you plan to use these slides and others in your final project.
Art Treasure Hunt
In our Week Three we mentions several sinicized Buddhist schools in China; the Tiantai, Huayan, Chan, and the Pure Land tradition. Please do your own research and choose two of these schools to do a comparison. Your paper must include; their brief histories, their similarities and differences, and why you chose these schools for your research, etc.