Survey research and design in psychology/Assessment/Quizzes

1. Topics: There are 9 online quizzes, each worth 5% (total 45%), with the following topics:
   1. Survey research
   2. Survey design
   3. Descriptives and graphing
   4. Correlation
   5. Exploratory factor analysis
   6. Psychometrics
   7. MLR 1
   8. MLR 2
   9. Power and effect size
2. Availability:
   1. Quizzes will be available until Mon 09:00 Week 14.
   2. Moodle quizzes are only available to enrolled University of Canberra students.
3. Late submissions: Not accepted
4. Assessed knowledge: Quizzes assess knowledge of concepts covered in lectures, tutorials, and readings.
5. Quiz style:
   1. Quizzes typically consist of 10 multiple choice questions drawn randomly from a larger test bank.
   2. Some questions have more than one correct answer. In order to get full marks, all correct the answers must be selected and no incorrect answers must be selected. For example, a question has 5 answer choices, 2 of which are correct (worth 50% each) and 3 of which are incorrect (worth -33% each). The mark awarded will be the total of the marks for each of the answers selected. However, there are no negative total marks for a question, so the lowest mark that can be awarded for a question is 0.
   3. Some quizzes are harder than others (e.g., the lowest mean is typically for Quiz 05: Exploratory factor analysis).
6. Time limits: Quiz time limits vary between 10 and 20 minutes, depending on the complexity of the questions. If an attempt goes over time, 0 will be awarded for the quiz. It is recommended to submit at least 5 to 10 seconds before the maximum allowable time. A timer will be shown in the top left corner. To help keep track of time consider:
   1. Working from bottom to top because the timer may be more easily viewable towards the end of the quiz
   2. Using a separate stop watch to keep track of time
7. Academic integrity: Quizzes are to be completed independently (i.e., without assistance of others), in your own time.
8. Open book: Quizzes are open book - recommended resource materials include lecture, tutorial, and reading notes.
9. Number of attempts: Each quiz can only be attempted once.
10. Feedback: Answers to the quiz questions are shown immediately after quiz submission, but are no longer accessible once the feedback window is closed. Take any notes for study purposes prior to closing the feedback screen.
11. Bonus marks: Bonus marks are awarded to anyone who identifies errors or significant improvements to any quiz questions - email details to the unit convener.
12. Practice quizzes: Some practice quizzes are available:
    1. Quiz 0 (a practice Moodle quiz) can be attempted as many times as you like. Use this quiz to test and make sure that you are familiar with the Moodle quiz system works on the computer you are using.
    2. Several practice quizzes are available on Wikiversity, including:
       1. Research types
       2. Research purposes
       3. Correlation
       4. Exploratory factor analysis
       5. Psychometric instrument development
       6. Multiple linear regression
    3. Pearson - see External link sections on the lecture pages

FAQ

Why did I get 0 for a question, even though I got some answers right?

For some quiz questions, there is more than correct answer. These questions usually have text such as "(may be more than one answer - tick all that apply)" in the question. The response boxes are squares rather than circles.

For these multiple response questions, all correct answers and no incorrect answers must be selected to get full marks. e.g.,

A = Correct (+.5)

B = Correct (+.5)

C = Incorrect (-.5)

D = Incorrect (-.5)

In this example, to get full marks, a respondent would choose A and B, and choose neither C or D.

A respondent who choose A (.5), B (.5) and C (-.5) would get the total of those marks i.e., .5.

The minimum mark awarded for multiple correct answer questions is 0 (not -ve).

Why use penalties? If penalties weren't used for questions with multiple correctly answers, respondent could choose all responses and get full marks despite not demonstrating knowledge of what is correct and what isn't correct.

But that's tough!? Yes, multiple response questions are more difficult to get fully correct. Most questions, however, have only one correct answer - for these questions simply guessing should earn approx. 25%, a pretty handy score for having no knowledge and which outweighs the harshness of penalties for choosing incorrect answers in the multiple response questions.