Chapter 12
Designing Ex Post Facto and Experimental Studies
By Debbie Rohwer
Chapter 12 of Inquiry in Music Education highlights the following concepts:
• Types of difference studies
• Internal and external validity
• design options
• Analysis of Variance
• the F statistic
• statistical issues with the ANOVA
• Inputting data into a statistical program
• Using difference studies in the classroom
• Crafting a proposal for ex post facto or experimental research
Handouts / Worksheets
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Resources
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The videos and other links below were chosen to extend and clarify the concepts and skills mentioned in this chapter. We hope these resources are helpful! Please let us know what you think of them, and please suggest other resources that you use as an instructor or as a student.
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Learning statistics with JASP: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners. JASP Team. https://learnstatswithjasp.com/
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MASH (Mathematics and Statistics Help, University of Sheffield): https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/mash/resources/statistics-resources
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Research Randomizer (randomizer.org)
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Sample size calculators:
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StatSpace (University of British Columbia): statspace.elearning.ubc.ca