Capter 2 Study’s And Other Info

Question 1

Hindsight bias

Answer 1

The tendency to believe that you could have predicted some outcome that you’ve learned about - when in fact you couldn’t have predicted it accurately

Question 2

Reliability of tests and measures definition

Answer 2

Degree to which a measure gives consistent results on repeated occasions or the degree to which two measuring instruments yield the same or very similar results

Question 3

Measurement Validity

Answer 3

The correlation between a measure and some outcome the measure is supposed to predict

Question 4

Replication

Answer 4

The reproduction of research results by the original investigator or by someone else - if a result is valid, it should be possible to replicate it

Question 5

Basic science

Answer 5

Concerned with trying to understand some phenomenon in its own right, rather than using a finding to solve a particular real-world problem

Question 6

Applied science

Answer 6

Concerned with solving real world problems of importance