Psychology Chapter 2 Review

What is the best way to avoid self-fulfilling prophesy in research?

A bell-curve that is spread out has a large standard deviation.

When a researcher performs an experiment, the independent variable is the

When taking a sample for research, it is best to take a sample of less than 5.

What measure of central tendency is the balancing point of data?

An interviewer can create bias and affect the answers to a study.

What shape would a normal curve take?

What method isn't good to prove or disprove anything, but helps create date or inquiries for later?

As one variable increases, another decreases would be an example of

Jane Goodall observed chimpanzees and their behavior - this is what method of research?

What is a drawback of a longitudinal study?

What term means a change in an illness or behavior resulting from the belief of an effect instead of treatment?

If a researcher goes into a study with a bias before an interview, what could occur?

What is another name for an average?

What are methods of conduct, or standards, for proper and responsible behavior during research?

What is the term in statistics that designates the frequency that occurs most often?

When using a pie graph, what does the total "pie" add up to?

Probability is used in research to determine statistically if results are due to chance instead of results

A frequency distribution would be an example of

Statistics are always 100% accurate and can never be misleading.

When you find the median in a group of numbers, you need to first put them in order.