Ethical Guidelines (HIMANI)
In a research study, the researcher asks his participants to fill out a form with information of the experiment, asking for their ___. He attempted to obtain this from his participants.
What is informed consent?
This is the name of the process through which individuals voluntarily agree to participate in a research study after being provided with comprehensive information about the study’s purposes, procedures, risks, benefits, and their rights as participants.
What is informed consent?
A student earns the following quiz scores: 70, 80, 90, 60, 100. ___ is the mean.
The type of correlation that results from one variable increasing while the other is decreasing.
What is a negative correlation?
This type of hypothesis results in no results.
What is a null hypothesis?
The Stanford Prison Experiment led to this ethical guideline.
What is protection from harm?
The committees responsible for reviewing and approving research proposals to ensure that they meet ethical standards and protect the rights/welfare of research participants.
What is the IRB?
Here are five test scores: 55, 70, 85, 90, 100.
___ is the median.
What is 85?
What is a positive correlation?
If the p- value is under ___, it is considered statistical Significant..
What is p=0.05?
The purpose of this is for reviewing and approving research proposals to ensure that all ethical guidelines are met.
What is the Institutional Review Board?
This is sometimes necessary to achieve research objectives, it must be used sparingly and justified by compelling scientific or ethical reasons.
What is deception?
A dataset of scores is: 72, 85, 85, 90, 95, 85, 100.
___ is the mode.
What is 85?
A correlation between two variables does not prove this type of relationship.
What is causation?
This type of sample size increases the chances of finding statistical significance.
What is a large sample size?
This term involves misleading participants about the true nature of the study.
What is deception?
The committee that is responsible for making sure all federal laws, regulations, and policies are followed when investigators perform animal research.
What is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)?
In a study, mean=mode=median. It has a _____.
What is normal distribution?
When an additional, unseen influence appears related, psychologists say this type of variable is involved.
What is a third variable?
A psychologist tests whether music improves memory, but finds p = 0.08.
____ can be concluded about the null hypothesis.
What is a failure to to reject the null hypothesis?
This principle protects participants’ private information with the utmost discretion.
The ethical principles and guidelines that govern the use of animals in scientific research.
1. Must have a clear scientific purpose.
2. Research must answer a specific, important scientific question.
3. Animals chosen must be best-suited to answer the question at hand.
4. They must humanely care for the animals.
This term shows how spread out data is, helping psychologists understand consistency vs variability in behavior.
What is standard deviation?
A study has a correlation of r=0.
What is no correlation?
This shows a relationship, but not necessarily causation (could be confounding variables).