Studies

Question 1

Random controlled trial study

Answer 1

Participants are randomly put into either experimental group or the control group.

Question 2

Experimental design

Answer 2

Participants are placed into a certain group to see if there are relationships between variables.

Question 3

Longitudinal study

Answer 3

Study that happens over a long period of time.

Question 4

Cross- sectional study

Answer 4

Focuses on collecting data from a specific period of time.

Question 5

Moderating variable v. Mediating variable.

Answer 5

Moderating variable is a variable that effects the strength of one variable on another.

Mediating variable is a variable that explains the relationship between variables.

Question 6

Double- blind study

Answer 6

Both the subjects and the experimenters don’t know whose getting the tested drug or whose getting the placebo.