Chapter 5: Experiments and Observational Studies Flashcards

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explanatory variable

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one that attempts to explain or is purported to cause (at least partially) differences in a response variable (sometimes called an outcome variable).

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treatment

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one or a combination of categories of the explanatory variable(s) assigned by the experimenter.

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randomized experiment

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we create differences in the explanatory variable

and then examine the results.

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observational study

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observes differences in the explanatory variable and then notice whether these are related to differences in the response variable.

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interactions

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An interaction occurs when the effect of one explanatory variable on the response variable depends on what’s happening with another explanatory variable.

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experimental units

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the smallest basic objects to which we can assign different treatments in a randomized experiment

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observational units

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the objects or people measured in any study.

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participants/ subjects

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commonly used when the observational units are people.

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volunteers

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the participants in studies

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control groups

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groups which are handled identically to the treatment group(s) in all respects, except that they don’t receive the active treatment.

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placebo

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A placebo looks like the real drug but has no active ingredients.

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placebo effect

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the effect where the placebo produces the same side effects as the drug for the mere fact that the patient taking the drug thinks that they are receiving an actual treatment

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double-blind procedure/ experiment

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A double-blind experiment is one in which neither the participant nor the researcher taking the measurements knows who had which treatment.

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single-blind procedure/ experiment

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A single-blind experiment is one in which only one of the two, the participant or the researcher taking the measurements, knows which treatment the participant was
assigned.

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matched-pair designs

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Experimental designs that use either two matched individuals or the same individual to receive each of two treatments

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randomized block design/ block design

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An extension of the matched-pair design to three or more treatments is called a randomized block design, or sometimes simply a block design.

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repeated-measures designs

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designs in which the same participants are measured repeatedly

18
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ecological validity

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the variables have been removed from their natural setting and are measured in the laboratory or in some other artificial setting. Thus, the results do not accurately reflect the impact of the variables in the real world or in everyday life.

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case-control study

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In such a study, “cases” who have a particular attribute or condition are compared with “controls” who do not.

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retrospective studies

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observational studies in which participants are asked to recall past events

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prospective studies

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observational studies in which participants are followed into the future and events are recorded