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Naturalistic

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Research method in which the psychologist observes the subject in a natural setting without interfering

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Case study

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Research method that involves an intensive investigation of one or more participants

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Survey

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Research method in which information is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions

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longitudinal study

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Research method in which data are collected about a group of participants over a number of years to assess how certain care nerd is the change room remain the same during development

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Cross sectional study

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Research method in which data are collected from groups of participants of different ages and compare so that conclusions can be drawn about differences due to age

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Correlation

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The measure of a relationship between two variables or sets of data

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Hypothesis

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And educational guess about the relationship between two variables

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Variable

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Any factor that is compatible of change

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Experimental group

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The group to which an independent variable is applied

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Control group

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The group that is treated in the same way as experimental group except that is experimental treatment the independent variable is not implied

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Sample

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The small group of participants out of the total number available that a researcher studies

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