Unit 0: Module .04 - .5 Keyterms

Question 1

Correlation

Answer 1

a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

Question 2

Correlation Coefficient

Answer 2

a numerical measure of some type of linear correlation, meaning a statistical relationship between two variables

Question 3

Variable

Answer 3

an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change.

Question 4

Satterplot

Answer 4

a graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present.

Question 5

Experiment

Answer 5

a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Question 6

Experiment Group

Answer 6

The group in a research study that receives the drug, vaccine, or other intervention being tested.

Question 7

Control Group

Answer 7

The group in a experiment that does not go under any change

Question 8

Random Assignment

Answer 8

every participant having an equal chance of being in either the experimental group or the control group.

Question 9

Single Blind Procedure

Answer 9

A type of clinical trial in which only the researcher doing the study knows which treatment or intervention the participant is receiving until the trial is over.

Question 10

Double Blind Procedure

Answer 10

A type of clinical trial in which neither the participants nor the researcher knows which treatment or intervention participants are receiving until the clinical trial is over.

Question 11

Placebo Effect

Answer 11

a beneficial effect produced by a placebo drug or treatment, which cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient’s belief in that treatment.

Question 12

Independent Variable

Answer 12

The variable that is changed during the experiment

Question 13

Confounding Variable

Answer 13

a confounder is a variable that influences both the dependent variable and independent variable

Question 14

Experimenter Bias

Answer 14

The observer-expectancy effect is a form of reactivity in which a researcher’s cognitive bias causes them to subconsciously influence the participants of an experiment.

Question 15

Dependent Variable

Answer 15

The variable that is the results

Question 16

Quantitative Research

Answer 16

the process of collecting and analyzing numerical data to describe, predict, or control variables of interest.

Question 17

Qualitative Research

Answer 17

gathers participants’ experiences, perceptions, and behavior. It answers the hows and whys instead of how many or how much.

Question 18

Informed Consent

Answer 18

the process in which a health care provider educates a patient about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a given procedure or intervention.

Question 19

Debriefing

Answer 19

a meeting to question someone, typically a soldier or spy, about a completed mission or undertaking.

Question 20

Illusory Correlation

Answer 20

when we see an association between two variables (events, actions, ideas, etc.) when they aren’t actually associated.

Question 21

Regression Towards Men

Answer 21

the tendency of results that are extreme by chance on first measurement—i.e. extremely higher or lower than average—to move closer to the average when measured a second time.

Question 22

Validity

Answer 22

the quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency