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informed consent (ethics)

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a doctor explaining to a patient about the potential risks and benefits of a proposed surgery, including alternative treatment options, before asking them to sign a consent form

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informed assent (ethics)

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I have been encouraged to ask questions and all of my questions have been answered to my satisfaction.

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confidentiality (ethics)

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a student supervisor’s discussion of a client/patient record for the purposes of education in a university clinic is not a violation of confidentiality

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anonymity (ethics)

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names, phone numbers, email addresses, IP addresses, physical characteristics, photos, or videos.

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deception (ethics)

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one study team member tells participants that they will be engaged in a cooperative task with other participants

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debriefing (ethics)

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can be used during an experiment whereby the researchers had to use some form of deception for the purpose of the study

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correlation (correlation)

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the height and weight of a person are related, and taller people tend to be heavier than shorter people

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positive correlation (correlation)

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The more hours an employee works, for instance, the larger that employee’s paycheck will be at the end of the week

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negative correlation (correlation)

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The more it rains, the less you can water the garden. The more you cook at home, the less you might eat out

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scatterplot (correlation)

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visualizing the relationship between a person’s height and their weight

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correlation coefficient (correlation)

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when two stocks move in the same direction, the correlation coefficient is positive

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illusory correlation (correlation)

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if an individual has a bad experience with a lawyer and they immediately assume all lawyers are bad people

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regression towards the mean
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a student who gets a surprisingly high grade on a quiz will probably score closer to their average on the next quiz, even if they study the same amount

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descriptive statistics (statistics)

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the average height of a group of people

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measure of central tendency (statistics)

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mean (average), median (middle value), and mode (most frequent value)

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mode (statistics)

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the most often occurring number in a data set

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mean (statistics)

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the average value in a set of data

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median (statistics)

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the middle of a set of numbers

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range (statistics)

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a statistical value that describes the difference between the largest and smallest values

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skewed distribution (statistics)

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income and wealth are classic examples of right skewed distributions

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measures of variation (statistics)

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the range, the difference between the highest and lowest scores in a set

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standard deviation (statistics)

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The data follows a normal distribution with a mean score of 50 and a standard deviation of 10

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percentile rank (statistics)

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a student scoring at the 35th percentile scored as well as, or better than, 35 percent of students in the norm group

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normal curve (statistics)

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used to characterize complex constructs containing continuous random variables

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inferential statistics (statistics)
the practice of using sampled data to draw conclusions
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statistically significant (statistics)
it's unlikely to be explained solely by chance
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qualitative data (experiment)
information about someone's experiences, thoughts, and feelings that can't be easily measured with numbers
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quantitative data (experiment)
information that can be measured and expressed as numbers
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experiment (experiment)
an investigation in which a hypothesis is scientifically tested
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experimental group (experiment)
if someone wanted to see if music helps people sleep longer
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control group (experiment)
If you want to explore the effect of salt on plant growth, the control group would be a set of plants
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random assignment (experiment)
if doctors want to know whether a medication causes patients to be cured
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independent variable (experiment)
if someone were studying the effect of different dosages to treat symptoms, the independent variable would be the dose
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dependent variable (experiment)
if someone was studying the effects of pollution on asthma, the incidence of asthma would be the dependent variable
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confounding variable (experiment)
the relationship between ice cream sales and shark attacks
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third variable (experiment)
correlation between the number of fire hydrants in a city and the number of dogs in a city
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placebo effect (experiment)
a sugar pill that's used in a control group during a clinical trial
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longitudinal design (experiment)
You are studying the effect of low-carb diets on weight loss
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cross sectional design (experiment)
a data collection of smoking habits and lung cancer incidence in a given population
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cross sequential design (experiment)
studying the impact of a new educational program on different age groups of students by first collecting data
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single blind (experiment)
Yogurt Tasting
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double blind (experiment)
the researchers who interact with the participants would not know who was receiving the actual drug and who was receiving a placebo
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research confederates (research)
when a male confederate interacted with a baby, women liked him better than when he ignored the baby
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critical thinking (research)
feminist, radical educational, and participatory action research
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cognitive bias (research)
stereotype that women are less competent or less committed to their jobs
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hindsight bias (research)
if you type the question “are dogs better than cats?” into an online search engine, articles that argue in favor of dogs will appear first
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confirmation bias (research)
the tendency to seek out and prefer information that supports our preexisting beliefs
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overconfidence bias (research)
the tendency people have to be more confident in their own abilities, such as driving
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theory (research)
systems of ideas that can explain certain aspects of human thoughts, behaviors and emotions
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hypothesis (research)
a tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables
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falsifiability (research)
the idea that a theory or statement can be proven wrong
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replicate (research)
a way to test an existing experiment result in order to reproduce similar results using similar conditions and methods
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operational definition (research)
describes behavior so that it is observable and measurable
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case study (research)
the use of a descriptive research approach to obtain an in-depth analysis of a person, group, or phenomenon
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naturalistic observation (research)
a qualitative research method where you record the behaviors of your research subjects in real world settings
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survey (research)
a data collection tool used to gather information about individuals
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population (research)
all individuals who share particular characteristics and can be considered as part of a larger group from which samples are drawn
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sample (research)
the method by which participants are selected to be included in a study
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random sample (research)
a sampling technique where every member of the target population has an equal chance of being selected
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representative sample (research)
a subset of a population that seeks to accurately reflect the characteristics of the larger group
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sampling bias (research)
the collection of samples that do not accurately represent the entire group
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convenience sample (research)
a qualitative research sampling strategy that involves selecting participants based on their accessibility and availability to the researcher
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social desirability bias (research)
tendency to underreport socially undesirable attitudes and behaviors
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self report bias (research)
the tendency of individuals to provide inaccurate or distorted information about themselves, their behaviors, or their experiences when asked to self-report
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experimenter bias (research)
a type of cognitive bias that occurs when experimenters allow their expectations to affect their interpretation of observations

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