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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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1. Descriptive research that involves observing and recording behavior without trying to manipulate and control the situation.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. Arithmetic average of a distribution -






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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