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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Assigning participants to experimental and control conditions by chance - thus minimizing preexisting differences between those assigned to the different groups






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. Measures whether a test looks like it tests what it is supposed to test as determined by a quick look or evaluation by a non expert






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Variable not relevant to what you are studying that has unplanned effect on DV. It may influence results - but all conditions are effected so it does not create bias.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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