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