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what is a case study?

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intensive examination of one person/organization or a few atypical people

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what is an observation study?

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systematically assessing and coding observable behavior across specific time intervals

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what’s an observational study with intervention?

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experiments where the researcher can participate but cannot control the situation to elicit certain response

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what is a self report?

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questionnaires & surveys

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what is a correlation method?

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looking for a natural occurring relationship between two factors

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what are the causalities with the correlation method?

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directionality problem & third variable

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what is a directionality problem?

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not knowing which factor drives the other factor

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what is a third variable problem?

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a third factor that may drive the correlated relationship

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what is the independent variable?

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the variable that is manipulated

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what is the depended variable?

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the variable that is measured & that is affected by the manipulation of the independent variable

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what is a control group used for?

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used to determine whether causality exists between the independent and dependent variables

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what is a control group?

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the group that does not receive treatment

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what is an experimental group?

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group that receives treatment

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sampling

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process used to select people from the population to participate

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sample

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subset of people chosen to participate

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convenience sample

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people who are conveniently available

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confound

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when anything affects the dependent variable and that unintentionally varies between the study’s experimental conditions

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random assignment

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gives participants equal chance of being assigned to the control group or experimental

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what is the placebo effect?

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sugar pill that has no effect but patients psychologically think it’s helping

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what is the double blind procedure?

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in which neither the participant and researcher know which treatment was given to who until experiment is over

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