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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Experimental procedure in which both research participants and research staff are ignorant about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo.






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






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






4. 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






5. Arithmetic average of a distribution -






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Set of assumptions used to explain phenomena & offered for scientific study






21. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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