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Foundations: Methods and Approaches Flashcards

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Experiment

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An investigation seeking to understand relations of cause and effect

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Independent variable

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The manipulated variable

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Dependent variable

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What is measured

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Control variable

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Factor remaining constraint in both groups

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Experimental group

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Groups receiving or reacting to the independent variable (being experimented on)

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Control group

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Does not receive the independent variable

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Population

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Group of interest (to be studied)

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Single-blind design

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The subjects do not know whether they are in the control or experimental group

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Double-blind design

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Neither the subjects nor the researcher knows who is in the two groups

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Correlational research

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Assessing the degree of association between two or more variables or characteristics of interest that occur naturally

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Longitudinal studies

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Studies that occur over long periods of time with the same subject

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Cross-sectional studies

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Study that is designed to test a wide array of subjects from different background to increase generalizability

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Confounding variable

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An unknown factor is playing a role

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Case studies

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Intensive psychological studies of single individuals

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Conceptual definition

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The theory or issue being studied

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Operational definition

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Used to clarify what is meant by each variable or how it is defined or measured so that the research can be repeated

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Internal validity

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The certainty with which the results of an experiment can be attributed to the manipulation of the independent variable rather than to some other

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External validity

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The extent to which the findings of a study can be generalized to other contexts in the “real world”

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Descriptive statistics

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Summarizes data

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Inferential statistics

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Allows researchers to test hypotheses about data and determine how confident they can be in their inferences about the data

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Mean

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Arithmetic average of a set of numbers

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Mode

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The most frequently occurring value in the data set

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Median

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The number that falls exactly in the middle of a distribution of numbers

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Range

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The difference between the lowest and highest scores

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Variability

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How much the numbers in the set differ from one another

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Standard deviation

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Measures a function of the average dispersion of numbers around the mean

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Positive skew

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Most values are on a lower end, but there are some exceptionally large values

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Negative skew

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Most values are on the higher end, but there are some exceptionally small scores

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Correlational coefficient

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A numerical value that indicates the degree and direction of the relationship between two variables

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Sample size

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The number of observations or individuals measured

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Null hypothesis

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A treatment had no effort in an experiment

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Alternative hypothesis

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The treatment did have an effect

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Type I error

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The null is true; reject the null

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Type II error

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The null is false; fail to reject

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Informed concent

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Agree to participate in the study only after being told what participation entails; allowed to leave the experiment at any time

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Debriefing

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Participants are told the exact purpose of this participation in the research and do any deception that may have been used in the process of the experimentation

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Random selection

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When participants are randomly selected to be part of a study

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Random assignment

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When participants are randomly assigned to be part of the control group of experimental group in the experiment

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Representative sample

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When the sample group in the study represents all the different people in the population

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Confirmation bias

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The tendency to seek information that aligns with our point of view and dismiss information that challenges our beliefs

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