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any means used to rule out threats to the validity of a peice of research

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control

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the concept of _____ is essentially a way of establishing that two individuals (or groups, or conditions) are identical except for the variable of interest

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control

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subjects in an experiment who receive recieve treated

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experimental group

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subjects in a between-subjects design experiment who are like every respect except that they do not receive treatment

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control group

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the _____ group serves as basis of comparison for the ____ group

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control

experimental

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a condition in a within-subject design experiment that does not contain the experimental manipulation

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control condition

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research design in which each subject experiences every condition of the experiment

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within-subjects experiment

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research design in which each subject experiences only one of the conditions in the experiment

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between-subjects experiment

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both meanings of the word _____ relate to the use of statistics in research

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control

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failure to confirm a _______- is not proof that it is wrong

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hypothesis

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unbiased assignment process that gives each subject an equal and independent chance of being placed in every condition

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random assignment

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control procedure to ensure that experimental and control groups are equated on one or more variables before the experiment

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matching

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a condition in an experiment that cannot easily be removed and so is made an independent variable as a means of control

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nuisance variable

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mathematical means of comparing subjects on paper when they cannot be equated as they exist in fact

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statistical control

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repeating an experiment to see if the results will be the same

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replication

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