Research Methods
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1. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions

2. Bar graph that shows frequency distributions

3. Statement that describes how to measure a particular variable or define a particular term specifically in a study

4. Differences between values can be found - but is NO absolute ZERO. Examples: temperature F - time

5. Experimental factor that is manipulated; variable whose effect is being studied.

6. Assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance - thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to different groups.

7. Correlation where as one variable increases - the other also increases - or as one decreases so does the other. Both variables move in same direction.

8. Experimental procedure in which both research participants and research staff are ignorant about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo.

9. Data exists in categories that are ordered but differences cannot be determined or they are meaningless. (Example: 1st - 2nd - 3rd)

10. Sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion.

11. Researchers takes subjects & conditions as they naturally occur - with little if any control over what happens. no random assignment so no cause and effect can be determined

12. All cases in a group - from which samples may be drawn for a study

13. Set of assumptions used to explain phenomena & offered for scientific study

14. Rejecting null hypothesis when it is actually true - a false positive

15. Sample drawn in such a way that known subgroups within a population are represented in proportion to their numbers in general population

16. When a specific word used in a question affects how respondents answer the question or the order of the questions

17. Testable and falsifiable prediction - often implied by a theory

18. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.

19. Condition of experiment that exposes participants to treatment - that is - to one version of the IV

20. Symbol used for Pearson Correlation Coefficient ranges from -1.0 to +1.0

21. Factors in an experiment that are unchanged for both the control group and the experimental group

22. Relationship that exists when one set of data values increases while the other decreases

23. Research method in which info is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions

24. Tendency to believe - after learning an outcome - that one would have foreseen it.

25. Indication of how likely a result obtained occurred by chance - expressed as p or sig.

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