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Question 1

what is true experiment

Answer 1

controlled settings (in a lab, test subjects chosen)

randomly assigned groups

all participants measured and same outcome variable

Question 2

what is the general census of a true experiment

Answer 2

is casual conclusions and less generalizable

Question 3

what is the criteria for a true experiments

Answer 3

1 control group and 1+ experimental group

must be a variable controlled by researcher

groups must be randomly assigned

Question 4

what is the quasi experiment

Answer 4

conducted in work field/natural settings

randomly selected from existing groups

participants measured on same variable

Question 5

what is the general census of a quasi experiment

Answer 5

is more generalizable and doesn’t give a casual conclusion

Question 6

what is survey research

Answer 6

surveys/questionnaires intended to measure each variable are administrated to participants

no distinction between IV and DV

Question 7

what does a survey research tell you

Answer 7

determines whether a relationship exists based on scores of the survey (correlation)

Question 8

what does a positive and negative correlation look like

Answer 8

positive slope and negative slope

Question 9

what are the 3 categories of correlation

Answer 9

weak = > 0.1
moderate = > 0.3
strong = > 0.5

Question 10

what is spurious

Answer 10

two variables appear related but a third variable is in play