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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Bar graph that shows frequency distributions






26. Perception of relationship where none exists.






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






28. View that science flourishes through observation and experiment.






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






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






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






32. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Sample drawn in such a way that known subgroups within a population are represented in proportion to their numbers in general population






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






48. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions






49. Arithmetic average of a distribution -






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







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