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Methods And Approaches Flashcards

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Independent variable

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Manipulated variable

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Dependent variable

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The item being measured

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Population

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Group of interest to be started

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Representative sample

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The degree to which a simple reflects the diverse characteristics of the population that is being studied

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Random sampling

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Wave ensuring maximum representativeness

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Randomly assigned

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Used to a sure that each group has minimal differences

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Single-blind design

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So just do not know whether they are in the control or experiment group

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Double-blind design

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Neither the subjects nor the researcher know who is in which group

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Placebo

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Therapeutic object or procedure that causes the control group to believe they are in the experimental group actually contains none of the test material

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Correlation research

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Assessing the degree of association between two or more variables which naturally for

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Confounding third variable

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An unknown factor that is playing a role

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Clinical research

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Often takes the form of Case studies

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Case studies

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Intensive studies of a single individual in aims to unlock universal principles

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Generalization

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Applicable to similar circumstances because of the predictable outcomes of repeated to tests

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Internal validity

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Certainty with which the results of an experiment can be attribute it to the manipulation of the independent variable

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External validity

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The extent of findings of the study that can be generalized to the real world

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Reliability

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When the same results appear if the experiment is repeated

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Descriptive statistics

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Summarize data

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Inferential statistics

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Allows researchers to test offices about data and turn them how accurate they are

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Central tendency in statistics

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Characterize the typical value in a set of data

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Normal curve

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The bell shaped curve,

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Negative skew and statistics

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When there are more exponentially small values and exponentially larger values

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Positive skew

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Opposite, more exponentially larger values

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Standard deviation

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Average dispersion of numbers around the mean

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Percentile

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Express the standing of one score relative to all others and a set of data

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Correlation coefficient

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Tributes how studies relate to one another

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Pearson correlation efficient

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Descriptive statistics that describes linear relationship between two attributes

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Negative correlation

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When scores decrease

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Positive correlation

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When scores increased

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Inferential statistics

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Determine our level of confidence and claiming that the set of data would be unlikely to occur at chance

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Null hypothesis

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States that a treatment in no effect in an experiment

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Alternative hypothesis

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States that a treatment did have an effect

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Alpha in statistics

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Except the probability that the result of an experiment can be attributed to chance

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Type one error in statistics

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He refers to an age difference exist when in reality there is no difference

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Type to error in statistics

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Conclusion states that there is no difference when in reality there is a difference

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Type one error in statistics

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Also referred to as p-value

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Ethics and research

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Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiment was viewed as an ethical, since then APA as set forth standards for ethicality in experiments

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Informed consent

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Participants in the study agree to participate after they’ve been told what the participation entails

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Debriefing

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After experiment is concluded participants must be told the exact purpose of their participation in the research

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Applied psychology

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A subfield, put directly into practice

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Basic psychology

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Subfield, conducted at universities or private laboratories

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Experiment

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Investigation seeking to understand relations of cause-and-effect

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