Deck 9: HRD and Diversity: Diversity Training and Beyond

Question 1

A control group is just a second group of trainees

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A quasi-experimental research design could be:

A)A non equivalent control group
B)A time series
C)A pre post test
D)Both A and B are quasi-experimental designs

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Relational research involves measuring two or more variables to see if they are measuring the same thing.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

History means that unrelated events occur during the training process that influence the training measurements.

Question 5

Collecting data in a pretest and posttest design allows us to:

A)Be certain the training caused any change
B)See what has changed after training
C)Develop the cost effectiveness of our training
D)Know whether or not we should revise the training design.

Question 6

Differential selection refers to:

A)Gaining job experience
B)The effect of a pretest on a posttest score
C)Differential loss of respondents from various groups
D)Using different procedures to select individuals for experimental and control groups

Question 7

Internal validity can be affected by all of the following, except:

A)Instrumentation
B)Testing
C)Differential investigation
D)Experimental mortality

Question 8

A control group is a group of people of the same age as the trainees.

Question 9

Ideally, the control group and the training group have the same scores before training

Question 10

Sackett and Mullen begin their analysis of nonexperimental research design by asking the question "How much change has occurred".

Question 11

External validity means you are comparing your results to those of similar size organizations.

Question 12

Internal validity can be affected by all of the following, except:

A)History
B)Maturation
C)Differential selection
D)Statistical abnormality

Question 13

A pre/post comparison is used to evaluate learning so that:

A)we know how much change took place during the program
B)we can calculate a t-test to get nice-looking statistics
C)we can compare the trained group to the control group
D)we know where the group was at the start

Question 14

Testing refers to:

A)Gaining job experience
B)The effect of a pretest on a posttest score
C)Differential loss of respondents from various groups
D)Using different procedures to select individuals for experimental and control groups

Question 15

Maturation refers to:

A)Gaining job experience
B)The effect of a pretest on a posttest score
C)Differential loss of respondents from various groups
D)Using different procedures to select individuals for experimental and control groups

Question 16

Internal validity deals with the question - could something besides the training program have caused the observed change to occur.

Question 17

A case study involves training followed by post training measurement.

Question 18

Which of the following is not a form of research design validity?

A)Internal
B)External
C)Statistical conclusion
D)Statistical initial

Question 19

A case study research design:

A)Is easy to use to evaluate training
B)Is questionable since there is no pre training information
C)Measures only results
D)Is very commonly used to evaluate training

Question 20

Statistical power is the probability of concluding there is a difference between the training and the control groups when such a difference actually exists.

Question 21

Ideally, the control group and the training group have:

A)A lot in common
B)The same scores before training
C)The same supervisors
D)The exact same job description

Question 22

Relational research typically involves the use of what type of statistical measurement?

A)Regression
B)Correlation
C)A t-test
D)A z-test

Question 23

A control group is:

A)a second group of trainees
B)of no value in helping us evaluate training programs
C)often critical to determining whether changes were due to a training program rather than some other factor
D)an added cost that is generally too expensive

Question 24

According to the text what is true about experimental design evaluations:

A)They are easy to use in almost any organization
B)They are cheaper to do than case studies
C)They should be the only method used for evaluating HRD programs
D)They are difficult to use due to organizational constraints

Question 25

To control costs while increasing statistical power Yang et. al. recommend

A)Training more people
B)Placing more people in the control group
C)Faking your results
D)None of the above