Duplicate of Measuring the Mind - supersession 2020

An instrument category that includes surveys or inventories

Variable which has intermediate values between data values i.e. infinite decimals

The arithmetic average

Measure of variability that is the difference between the highest and lowest scores in the data set

Distribution of subjects in experiment where each has equal chance of being assigned to any group

Temperature and a 12 hr Clock are examples of which kind of Scale of Measurement?

A process for selecting participants whose characteristics reflect the characteristics of the population they were drawn

Statistics helpful in organising and summarising (but not interpreting) data

Descriptive statistic & measure of central tendency; exact halfway point of data distribution

The process of selecting participants who are members of the population you want to research

Placing, 1st, 2nd or 3rd OR being allocated a Pass, Credit, Distinction, HD are examples of which Scale of Measurement

An instrument category used to measure aptitude and performance

Sex, Gender, Race, Nationality, Colours are examples of which kind of Scale of Measurment

A measure of variability in data

Occurs when an extraneous variable makes it difficult to sort out the effects of the IV

The variable that an experimenter manipulates in order to observe its impact

Judgment inferred from statistics that probability of observed findings occurs by chance is very low

A larger group from which a sample is drawn and to which the researcher wishes to generalise

The score that occurs most frequently

Height, Weight, Reaction Time and Exam Score are all examples of which kind of Scale of Measurement?

A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material within a discipline

Occurs when a researcher's expectations influence the results of a study

Any variables other than the IV that might influence the DV in an experiment and creates "noise"

The degree to which results occur repeatedly

The degree to which the test measures what it is supposed to measure

Research method in which IVs are manipulated and which permits causal interpretation

The group in an experiment that is not exposed to manipulation of the independent variable

The variable that changes in response to another variable

A tentative statement about the expected relationship between two or three variables