Unit 1 Flashcards
What are the 6 steps of the Scientific Method?
Research Question, Hypothesis, Design a Study, Record your Data, Analyze & Draw a Conclusion, and Report to Journal.
What is Qualitative Research?
Involves collecting & evaluating non-numerical data.
What is Quantitative Research?
Involves collecting & evaluating numerical data.
What are the Pros of Experimental Research?
It is the best type of research as it establishes causality (cause & effect).
What are the Cons of Experimental Research?
It is expensive & hard to set up, you have to ask for consent, it can look artificial, and can unintentionally overstep personal barriers such as personal space, other trauma, etc.
What is the Independent Variable?
The variable we want to change to provoke response
What is the Operational Definition?
The actions of operations that are used to measure/control a variable (for replication purposes).
What is Dependent Variable?
The variable that we measure to see if the Independent Variable made a difference.
What is an Extraneous Variable?
A variable other than the Independent that seems likely to influence the Dependent.
What is a Confounding Variable?
Any difference between the Experimental and Control conditions, except for the Independent Variable, that might affect the dependent variable.
What is the Third Variable Problem?
A confounding variable that affects both the Independent and Dependent variables to make them seem correlated when they are not.
What is the Control Group?
The experiment that does not have the different treatment.
What is the Experimental Group?
The experiment that does have the different treatment.
What is Random Selection?
Everyone in the population has an equal chance of being selected.
What is Random Assignment?
Everyone selected has the same chance of ending up in the Control Group or Experimental Group.
What is the Population?
The group of people that are being studied.
What is Sample?
The process by which participants for research are selected.
What is Convenience Sampling?
Involving the use of subjects that are “convenient to the researcher.”