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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most frequently occurring score(s) in a distribution.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Symbol used for Pearson Correlation Coefficient ranges from -1.0 to +1.0






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






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






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






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






47. 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)






48. Perception of a correlation between variables where none exists.






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






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