Ch 2 research Flashcards
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Confirmation bias
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the unwilinglness to deny ones beleif or idea in a study
1
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Placebo effect
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if people believe smethign will hapen it actually might occur
2
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Observaitonal bias
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when a researchers expecation. opinions, or ideas affect what they perceive or record in a a study
3
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Coeffieceint of correlation
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the closer to 1 or -1 the stronger the relationship.
4
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Case study
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an indicudivudal study on a single person
5
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random sample
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all members of a populaiton have a chance to be included in a study.
6
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random assignment
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all members of a society have a chance to be included in either the experimental or control group. after a random sample
7
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confounding variable
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an outside factor that contirbutes to the correlation and causation of two data points.
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