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






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






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






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






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






7. Bar graph that shows frequency distributions






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






9. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






10. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Procedure that ensures every person in a population has an equal chance of being chosen to participate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions