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