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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Variables other than IV that participants in - one group have that makes them different - from the other group. Two variables linked together in a way that makes it difficult to sort out their specific effects.






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






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






4. Variable not relevant to what you are studying that has unplanned effect on DV. It may influence results - but all conditions are effected so it does not create bias.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Symbol used to represent the total number of subjects in a research study






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






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






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






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






19. Most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution.






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






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






22. Bar graph that shows frequency distributions






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






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






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






26. Data of categories only. Data cannot be arranged in an ordering scheme. (Gender - Race - Religion)






27. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions






28. Perception of relationship where none exists.






29. 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.






30. 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






31. Tendency to overestimate extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors






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






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






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






35. A type of reliability - where different versions of same instrument are used and scores are compared






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






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






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






39. Extent to which scores suggest that a test is actually measuring an ABSTRACT theoretical idea (such as anxiety - personality - introversion - etc.).






40. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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






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






43. Extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to - test accuracy






44. 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.






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






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






47. We overestimate our accuracy and our changes of success and ability to predict and explain






48. Research in which the same people are re-studied and re-tested over a long period






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






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