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Research Methods

Subject : business-skills
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1. Variable that may change in response to manipulations of the IV (what is measured)






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






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






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






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






6. Bar graph that shows frequency distributions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Type of line graph that shows frequency distributions






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






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






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






31. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






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







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