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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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1. Research project designed to discover degree to which two variables are related to each other






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






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






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






5. 'Fake subjects' that look & behave like real subjects in study.






6. 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






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






8. Data with an absolute 0. Ratios are meaningful. (Length - Width - Weight - Distance)






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






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






11. Repeating of research study to determine if its finding extends to other participants and circumstances






12. Method by which participants are misinformed or misled about study's methods and purposes - must be told truth about this in debriefing






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






14. Computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score.






15. Giving participants in a research study a complete explanation of the study after the study is completed needed for deception






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






17. Subset of a population in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected






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






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






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






21. 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






22. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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






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






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






26. Any selection method that results in subset of the population (sample) that is not representative - and/or not random






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






28. The probability level which forms basis for deciding if results are statistically significant (not due to chance).






29. Extent to which the findings from one group (or sample) can be generalized or applied to other groups (or population






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Procedure in which info that could introduce bias the result is withheld from participants - but experimenter will be in full possession of facts






37. Perception of relationship where none exists.






38. Hypothesis that predicts NO relationship between variables. The aim of research is to reject this hypothesis






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






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






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






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






43. Statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means






44. Form of validity in which a psychological measure is able to predict some future behavior or is meaningfully related to some other measure






45. Series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data - formulating a hypothesis - testing the hypothesis - and stating conclusions






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






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






48. Occur when the questions asked on a sample survey are confusing or leading






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






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