Deck 18: Methods for Assessing Dyads and Groups

Question 1

The question "How much do you like your sibling" could be considered which of the following types of variables? (circle all that apply)

A) a within-dyad variable
B) a between-dyads variable
C) a mixed variable
D) a monadic variable

Answer 1

C,D

Question 2

The average score of two sibling-partners on the question "How much do you like your sibling" would be considered which of the following types of variables?

A) a within-dyad variable
B) a between-dyad variable
C) a mixed variable
D) a monadic variable

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Researchers were interested in whether attitude similarity between partners in a dyad influenced the creativity of the outcome product they produced. To do so, researchers measured partner A's attitudes and partner B's attitudes toward hierarchy, and then computed a difference score to reflect an overall measure of (dis)similarity. In other words, the variable of interest is the extent to which partners A and B differ on the same attitudinal items. In this example, attitudes toward hierarchy is a _____(a)_____ variable, and similarity is a _____(b)_____ variable.

A) within-dyad variable; between-dyad variable
B) mixed variable; within-dyad variable
C) monadic variable; between-dyad variable
D) between-dyad variable; mixed variable

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following statements are true of round robin designs? (circle all that apply)

A) greater statistical power without increasing the number of participants
B) researchers can determine general acceptance and rejection "balances" in a group of people
C) researchers can control for individual members' general patterns of responding (e.g., consistently low scores)
D) more data about the same person (i.e., from different sources) is a better approximation of that person's "true" score on a variable

Question 5

In research on friendship reciprocity, researchers asked best-friend pairs to each report how much they trusted each other. Tom rated his trust for his best friend Jerry as a 10 out of 10. Jerry rated his trust for Tom as a 7 out of 10. In this example, Tom is the _____(a)_____ and Jerry is the _____(b)_____.

A) actor; partner
B) partner; actor
C) both are actors and partners
D) neither are actors nor partners

Question 6

Researchers developed a study where an experimental group of six people were assigned to work together on developing creative solutions to an unsolvable problem. The control group consisted of a group of six people who were instructed to work independently, and then pool their individual efforts at the end of the allotted time. This type of study would also be considered:

A) a group process model
B) a round robin design
C) a nominal group design
D) a generations design

Question 7

In studies where an original group of participants is slowed transplanted by new members, one at a time, one of the variables of interest is how group norms are perpetuated. This type of design is also known as a:

A) rotational design
B) generations design
C) round robin design
D) normative groups design

Question 8

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding social network analyses?

A) social network analyses use individuals as the unit of analysis
B) some social network measurements include connectedness, communication, or exchanges
C) data for social network analyses can be obtained through self-report or archival records
D) A and B
E) A and C
F) all of the above

Question 9

The results of a round robin design showed that Darryl liked all of his group members very much, while Hannah did not like any of her group members, and thus rated them all lower than the average rating. These tendencies for individual members to show patterns of responses is called (a):

A) participant bias
B) response set
C) sociomatrix
D) trend

Question 10

Given the following sociomatrix, which of the following conclusions can be drawn? (circle all that apply)

A) person E is generally rejected by others in the group
B) person D is not very friendly
C) person C generally does not accept or reject others in the group
D) person D rejects person B

Question 11

Describe what is meant by data interdependence. Why is it a problem for dyadic or group measurements?

Question 12

Your research advisor is interested in how the attitudes about workload held by members of a married couple influence intentions to take on additional responsibilities around the house. Draw this relationship using the actor-partner interdependence model.

Question 13

Describe the "hidden profile technique," and explain how it is used to measure group process.

Question 14

Draw a sociogram that corresponds to the sociomatrix provided below. Be sure to indicate or otherwise label the types of relationships and in what direction.

Question 15

You are preparing to conduct a study of school behavior, and are interested in how different types of pairings produce different outcomes. Specifically, you want to design a study where you examine four types of student pairings (students who are familiar with each other from the same classroom; students unfamiliar with each other from the same classroom; students familiar with each other from different classrooms; and students unfamiliar with each other from different classrooms). What is still unclear is what sorts of variables you will use to determine the different effects of each type of pairing. (a) Provide an example of a within-dyad variable, between-dyad variable, and mixed variable that would be relevant to this study. (b) Describe a technique you could use to determine whether unfamiliar pairings or pairings from different classrooms would result in process losses or process gains, and provide an example for how that technique might manifest in the context of this larger study.

Question 16

What are the three types of dyadic variables? Provide an example of each.

Question 17

What are some important considerations that need to be made when conducting research with dyads? With groups?

Question 18

What is the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) and what does it establish?

Question 19

Describe some of the techniques and approaches to studying groups (social network analysis, hierarchical linear models, computer-mediated communications, etc.).