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A review of key terms, concepts, and people associated with #research methodology
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A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables
Peer review
Hypothesis
Theory
Operational definition
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Research strategy i/w neither subjects nor experimenters know which condition subjects are in
Single-blind procedure
Random sampling
Random assignment
Double-blind procedure
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Studied experimenter bias, a researcher's unintended influence on the behavior of subjects
Stanley Schacter
Philip Zimbardo
Robert Rosenthal
Neal Miller
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Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study
Participant bias
Social desirability bias
Experimenter bias
Sampling bias
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The tendency to answer questions about oneself in a socially approved manner
Sampling bias
Response set
Experimenter bias
Social desirability bias
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A condition or event that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact
Extraneous variable
Dependent variable
Correlation coefficient
Independent variable
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The arithmetic average
Correlation coefficient
Mode
Median
Mean
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A link or association between variables such that one can be predicted from the other
Correlation
Causation
Reliability
Validity
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The group in an experiment that is exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Control group
Population
Experimental group
Sample
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Studied the effect of anxiety on affiliation
Neal Miller
Philip Zimbardo
Robert Rosenthal
Stanley Schacter
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Statistics helpful in organizing and summarizing (but not interpreting) data
Anecdotal evidence
Inferential statistics
Correlation coefficient
Descriptive statistics
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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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Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurring b/chance= low
Variability
Standard deviation
Validity
Statistical significance
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Precisely defines ea. variable in study in terms of operations needed to produce/measure them
Operational definition
Theory
Data collection techniques
Hypothesis
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The score that occurs most frequently
Mean
Median
Mode
Correlation coefficient
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A system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of observations
Theory
Hypothesis
Anecdotal evidence
Response set
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The spread or dispersion of data, including the extent to which scores vary from the mean
Standard deviation
Statistical significance
Variability
Central tendency
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A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material within a discipline
Survey
Journal
Theory
Case study
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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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The statistic that indicates the degree and direction of relationship between variables
Mean
Median
Correlation coefficient
Mode
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Research method in which IVs are manipulated and which permits causal interpretation
Case study
Experiment
Correlational research
Naturalistic observation
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The variable that results from the manipulation in an experiment
Independent variable
Extraneous variable
Dependent variable
Placebo effect
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A measure of variability in data
Operational definition
Statistical significance
Standard deviation
Central tendency
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Distribution of subjects in experiment i/w each has equal chance of being assigned to any group
Random assignment
Double-blind procedure
Random sampling
Single-blind procedure
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A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalize
Population
Experimental group
Sample
Control group
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Support for a particular viewpoint through the use of personal (and frequently vivid) stories
Meta-analysis
Theory
Hypothesis
Anecdotal evidence
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Descriptive statistic & measure of central tendency; exact halfway point of data distribution
Correlation coefficient
Mode
Mean
Median
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Tendency to respond in a particular way that is unrelated to the content of the questions asked
Sampling bias
Experimenter bias
Response set
Social desirability bias
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Statistical procedures used to interpret data in an experiment and draw conclusions
Statistical significance
Research methods
Inferential statistics
Descriptive statistics
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The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable
Control group
Sample
Experimental group
Population
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Asserted that the benefits of animal research far outweigh the harm done
Philip Zimbardo
Neal Miller
Robert Rosenthal
Stanley Schacter
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Any variables other than the IVs that seem likely to influence the DV in an experiment
Extraneous variables
Placebo effects
Standard deviation
Response set
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An in-depth, generally subjective, investigation of an individual subject
Correlational research
Experiment
Case study
Naturalistic observation
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A statistical procedure that combines the results of many studies
Descriptive statistics
Standard deviation
Inferential statistics
Meta-analysis
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Effects that occur when subjects experience change due to expectations (or to "fake" treatment)
Sampling bias
Placebo effects
Replication
Confounding of variables
