Final exams in statistics or research methods are always cumulative, given the nature of the material. You can't understand ANOVA without an understanding of variability. You can't do an ANOVA (unless you use a computer), without knowing how to get variance estimates. Although I am using ANOVA as the an example, it wouldn't matter what material was covered at the end of the course, it was built on earlier material. Similarly, a randomized-block design would be difficult to understand without being able to specify independent, dependent, and extraneous variables.
It is rare to find an approach to introductory psychology that makes an understanding of social psychology dependent on biopsychology. (Rare, not impossible.) Joel S Freund wrote: > Might not the nature of the course, and one's goals for that course play a > major role in determining the nature of the final exam? It would seem that > in courses like statistics and research methods, a cumulative or > integrative final might be appropriate because of the nature of the course. > In General Psychology (or whatever one calls it), the choice of a > cumulative final may depend much more on the goals the individual > instructor has for that course. -- ***************************************************************** * Mike Scoles * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Department of Psychology * voice: (501) 450-5418 * * University of Central Arkansas * fax: (501) 450-5424 * * Conway, AR 72035-0001 * * ********* http://www.coe.uca.edu/psych/scoles/index.html ******** --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
