Personal Investigation 1- An Experimeny On Language And Music Flashcards

1
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What is a experiment

A

A experiment is an investigation to test a hypothesis in a controlled condition

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2
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What was your null hypothesis

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There will be NO difference in a performance score if students on a language test when they learned Portuguese colours with music compared to those without music

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3
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What was your alternative hypothesis

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There will be a difference in the performance score of students on a language test when they learned Portuguese colours with music compared to without music

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4
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What was your IV

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Wether they learned with music or no music

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5
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Your operationalisation of the iv

A

The music song

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6
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What was your DV

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performance

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7
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Your Operationalisation of the DV

A

Score on the test

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8
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Type of meathod used

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Experiment

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9
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Does your study produce quantitative or qualitative data

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Quantitative

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10
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What was one strength AND one weakness of your experiment

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Strength- easy to analyse

Weakness- not in depth

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11
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What was the experimental design used

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Independent group measures

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12
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Your sample

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6th formers who don’t speak Portuguese fluently

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13
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Sampling technique used

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Opportunity sampling

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14
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What’s a line graph

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A diagram that shows a linear representation of frequencies of data.

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15
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Bar charts

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A diagram that represents frequencies of non-continuous (discreet) data .

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16
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Histogram

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A diagram that represents the distribution of frequencies for continuous data

No gaps between bars

17
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Scatter diagrams

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A diagram that represents a relationship / correlation between 2 or more variables

18
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What are distribution curves

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Linear representations of data that included a mean, median and modal score to show a spread of data

19
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What’s a negative skew

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A type of skewed distribution where the mode is greater than the mean

20
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What are normal distributions

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The type of skewed distribution where the mean median and mode are equal