Unit 2
Study Design
2.1 - Types of Studies
Key Question: How do we know if vaccines actually work?
Content: Investigative Questions | Observational vs Experimental | Confounding | Generalizability
2.2 - Random Sampling
Key Question: What is "middle income" in your city?
Content: Simple, Stratified, & Cluster Random Samples | Bias vs Variation
2.3 - Bias & Nonrandom Sampling
Key Question: Can data about colleges be misleading?
Content: Sampling Bias (Selection, Nonresponse, Voluntary Response) | Response Bias (Question Wording, Self-Reporting)
2.4 - Experimental Design
Key Question: What causes gender gaps in STEM fields?
Content: Extraneous Variables | Principles of Experiments | Describing Experiments
2.5 - Privacy & Human Subject Experiments
Key Question: Has social media caused declines in mental health?
Content: Placebos & Blinding | Data Privacy
2.6 - Informed Consent & Natural Experiments
Key Question: Does college have a causal impact on earnings?
Content: Informed Consent | Natural Experiments
Unit 2 Assessment Bank
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