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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance - thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to different groups.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Bell-shaped curve that results when values of a trait in a population are plotted against their frequency






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






17. 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)






18. 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.






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






20. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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






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






35. 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






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






37. If you take the same test 2x's & you get the same results it shows ______ reliability






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






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






40. 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






41. People of different ages are compared to one another at a single point in time






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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