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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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1. Repeating of research study to determine if its finding extends to other participants and circumstances






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






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






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






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






6. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Research method in which investigator manipulates one or more factors (IV) to observe effect on some behavior or mental process (DV)






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






22. Not rejecting null hypothesis when in fact we should have rejected it - a false negative






23. 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.






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Condition of experiment that contrasts with experimental condition and serves as a comparison for evaluating the effect of the treatment.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Association between increases in one variable and decreases in another






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






43. Arithmetic average of a distribution -






44. 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.






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






46. 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)






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






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






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






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