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AP Psychology: Research Methods
AP Psychology: Research Methods
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A review of key terms, concepts, and people associated with #research methodology
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An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of a rare situation
Case study
Naturalistic observation
Correlational research
Experiment
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Research method in which IVs are manipulated and which permits causal interpretation
Correlational research
Experiment
Case study
Naturalistic observation
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Occurs when an extraneous variable makes it difficult to sort out the effects of the IV
Experimenter bias
Double-blind procedure
Sampling bias
Confounding of variables
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The tendency to answer questions about oneself in a socially approved manner
Response set
Social desirability bias
Sampling bias
Experimenter bias
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A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other
Validity
Correlation
Causation
Reliability
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Statistics helpful in organizing and summarizing (but not interpreting) data
Anecdotal evidence
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Correlation coefficient
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The spread or dispersion of data, including the extent to which scores vary from the mean
Median
Statistical significance
Central tendency
Variability
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Statistical procedures used to interpret data in an experiment and draw conclusions
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Research methods
Statistical significance
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Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurring b/chance= low
Standard deviation
Statistical significance
Validity
Variability
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Precisely defines ea. variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them
Data collection techniques
Theory
Operational definition
Hypothesis
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Descriptive statistic & measure of central tendency; exact halfway point of data distribution
Median
Mean
Correlation coefficient
Mode
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A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables
Theory
Hypothesis
Operational definition
Peer review
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The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Experimental group
Sample
Population
Control group
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Any variables other than the IVs that seem likely to influence the DV in an experiment
Response set
Standard deviation
Extraneous variables
Placebo effects
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The group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Experimental group
Sample
Population
Control group
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The variable that results from the manipulation in an experiment
Placebo effect
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Extraneous variable
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The score that occurs most frequently
Mode
Correlation coefficient
Median
Mean
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Research strategy i/w neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in
Double-blind procedure
Random sampling
Random assignment
Single-blind procedure
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The arithmetic average
Mode
Correlation coefficient
Mean
Median
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A condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact
Independent variable
Extraneous variable
Correlation coefficient
Dependent variable
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A statistical procedure that combines the results of many studies
Inferential statistics
Meta-analysis
Descriptive statistics
Standard deviation
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Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)
Placebo effects
Sampling bias
Replication
Confounding of variables
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Distribution of subjects in experiment i/w each has equal chance of being assigned to any group
Double-blind procedure
Population
Single-blind procedure
Random assignment
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The statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables
Mean
Correlation coefficient
Mode
Median
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A measure of variability in data
Operational definition
Central tendency
Standard deviation
Statistical significance
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A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize
Sample
Population
Control group
Experimental group
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Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study
Participant bias
Experimenter bias
Sampling bias
Social desirability bias
