PSYCHOLOGY EXAM Flashcards

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When a researcher uses operational definitions in a hypothesis, she

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precisely defines any terms in the hypothesis that might be vague

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when one person or group is used to draw conclusions applying to many people and groups, and researcher is using what method

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case study

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3
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to generate a representative sample for a survey, a researcher should

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a connection or relationship between two variable

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4
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a correlation of 0 is

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nonexistant

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5
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a correlation of 0.4 indicates a

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positive relationship between two variable occurring 40% of the time

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6
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a correlation of 1 indicates a

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perfect positive correlation

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