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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Procedure in which info that could introduce bias the result is withheld from participants - but experimenter will be in full possession of facts






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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






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






13. Perception of relationship where none exists.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions






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






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






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






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






31. Symbol used to represent the total number of subjects in a research study






32. Arithmetic average of a distribution -






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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