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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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5 Characteristics of Research

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1) Systemic
2) Logical
3) Empiracal
4) Reductive
5) Replicable

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What is applied research?

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has a direct value to practitioners and the researchers have little control over setting

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What is Basic research?

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limited application, large control over conditions, highly theoretical

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What is ecological validity?

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the extent to which research relates to the real world.

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5
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What is the scientific method of problem solving?

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  • defining and delimiting the problem
  • forming hypothesis
  • gathering data
  • analyzing, and interpret data
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6
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What is tenacity?

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clinging to beliefs not founded in research (lucky socks)

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7
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What is the rationalistic method?

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  • men are mortal
  • I am a man
  • I am mortal
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What is the empiracle method?

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data based one one’s own data/objective observations

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What is the independent variable?

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The part of the experiment being manipulated

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What is the dependent variable?

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The effect of the independent variable

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What is a hypothesis?

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expected outcome

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12
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What is internal validity?

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extent of which results can be attributed to treatments in the study

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13
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What is external validity?

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applicability to the real world

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What is qualitative research?

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Long term, observational, normal

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What is Analytical research?

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Deep dive into available research

  • historical
  • philosophical
  • reviews
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16
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What is descriptive research?

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status of the studies focus

  • questionnaire
  • surveys
  • case studies
17
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What is experimental research?

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Changing of treatment to establish a cause and effect relationship

18
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What are the three levels of research?

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1) Basic Research
2) Theory based
3) Applied research

19
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What is the goal and approach of basic research?

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Goal: theory driven
Approach: Lab

20
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What is the goal and approach of applied research?

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Goal: immediate solutions
Approach: Real world settings

21
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What is the goal and approach of level 2 research?

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Goal: theory based with relevant movements
Approach: similar to real world

22
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What should be in your lit review?

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  • historical or intellectual developments of topic
  • themes of literature
  • variables, and theoretical lit
  • understanding/foreshadowing
  • critique and related lit
  • chapter summary
23
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What should be in your introduction?

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Problem Statement

  • Variables
  • Operational definitions
  • Significance of study
  • Hypothesis
24
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What are Extraneous variables?

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may have an effect(random errors)

25
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What are limitations?

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factors where the researcher has no control(gender/age)

26
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What are delimitations?

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factors that can be controlled(pop,variables,methods)

27
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What are the 7 areas of Scientific Dishonesty?

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  • Plagiarism
  • Fabrication/falsification
  • cooking data
  • Faulty data gathering methods
  • Poor data storage/retention
  • Misleading Authorship
  • Sneaky publication process
28
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what are the human rights in research?

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  • confidentiality
  • non-participation
  • experimental responsibility
  • Informed consent
29
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What must be include with informed consent?

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  • procedures
  • benefit/risk
  • appropriate alternative procedures
  • offer to answer any questions
  • no withdrawal penalty
30
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What respect must be given to participants?

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-respect for autonomous choices
-protected non-autonomous
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31
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What ways can you select a sample?

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  • random sampling
  • stratified sampling
  • systemic sampling
  • random assignment
32
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What are central tendencies?

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mean, median , and mode

33
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What is a variability score?

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standard deviation from mean

34
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What is parametric distribution?

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normal bell shape

35
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What is non-parametric distribution?

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not a bell shape

36
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What is kurtosis?

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many outliers

37
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What does a p value tell you?

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Reliability of effect

38
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What are the types of statistical techniques?

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Relationships between variables

  • Differences among groups
  • Correlation

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