Research Terms

Question 1

A research technique for acquiring data about the attitudes or behaviors of a group of people , usually by asking questions of a representative, random sample.

Answer 1

Survey

Question 2

A set of assumptions about why something is the way it is and happens the way it does.

Answer 2

Theory

Question 3

Observable and measurable actions of people and animals

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Behavior

Question 4

Sugar Pill

Answer 4

Placebo

Question 5

The group that does not receive treatment in an experiment

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Control Group

Question 6

Rules and standards for proper and responsible behavior

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Ethics

Question 7

Educated guesss

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Hypothesis

Question 8

The relationship between variables

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Correlation

Question 9

A study in which the participants are unaware of whether they are the control or experimental group

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Single-Blind-Study

Question 10

Experiment in which neither the participant nor the researcher knows whether the participant received the treatment or the placebo

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Double-Blind Study

Question 11

Focuses on fundamental principles and testing theories.

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Basic Science

Question 12

Examines a specific set of circumstances, and its ultimate goal is relating the results to a particular situation

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Applied Science