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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to - test accuracy






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






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






4. Variable that may change in response to manipulations of the IV (what is measured)






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






6. Expectations by researcher that might influence results of experiment or its interpretation






7. Procedure for statistically combining results of many different research studies






8. Extent to which a test yields consistent results - a measure is repeatable






9. In-depth - intensive investigation of individual or small group of people which involves interviews and personal interpretations by researcher. It may also be supplemented with psychological or medical tests






10. Middle score in a distribution; half scores are above it and half are below it.






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






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






13. Skewed distribution where data has many more scores toward the lower end of the distribution






14. Skewed distribution with many more scores on the higher end of the distribution






15. Tendency to give socially approved answers to questions about oneself.






16. 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






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






18. In a normal distribution it tells you how far a number is above or below mean in terms of standard deviations.






19. Procedure that ensures every person in a population has an equal chance of being chosen to participate






20. Measuring device or procedure designed to measure psychology-related variables. A measurement that results in a score or result that is standardized






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






22. Change in subject's behavior caused simply by awareness of being studied






23. Research project designed to discover degree to which two variables are related to each other






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






25. Measures whether a test looks like it tests what it is supposed to test as determined by a quick look or evaluation by a non expert






26. Statistical measure of strength of association between two variables ranging from -1.0 to 1.0






27. Descriptive research technique in which one person or a small group is studied in depth in hope of revealing universal principles






28. Results of experiment are SIGNIFICANT - they are not likely caused by chance






29. Difference between highest and lowest scores in a distribution.






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






31. Experimental results caused by expectations alone; any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition - which is assumed to be an active agent.






32. The tendency for people to behave differently when they know they are being studied






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






34. A test is divided into 2 halves and scores on the halves are compared to see if test is consistent within itself. Ex. compare odds & evens






35. Effects of being born and raised in a particular time or situation where all other members of your group has similar experiences makes your group unique from others






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






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






38. Measure of the extent to which two factors vary together which can be positive or negative or non






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






40. Relationship between variables in which as one variable increases - the other also increases - OR as one decreases so does the other. Both variables move in the same direction.






41. More than one individual scores same test - regardless of who rates test - scores should be the same for _____ reliability






42. Graphed cluster of dots - each of which represents the values of two variables. The slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables.






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






44. Descriptive research that involves observing and recording behavior without trying to manipulate and control the situation.






45. Statement of procedures used to explain research variables in enough detail to allow for replication






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






47. Degree to which test is representative of total domain its supposed to cover.






48. Percentage of scores falling at or below a specific score.






49. A research method that looks like an experiment BUT subjects are not randomly assigned to control and experimental groups (no cause and effect can be drawn)






50. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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