Statistics
A ____ is the statistical term for the most frequently recurring scores.
What is a Mode!
A ____ explains a natural method or phenomenon that is validated through observation and experimentation.
What is a theory!
____ _____ is a type of research method that relies on numerical data
What is Quantitative research!
This type of bias makes it seem as if the answer was obvious all along.
What is Hindsight Bias!
This makes us doubt the truth of something which encourages us to pay attention to the facts
What is skepticism!
Shark attacks correlate with increased ice cream sales during the summer months. Do ice cream sales cause more shark attacks?
What is No!
A ____ is an educated guess based on certain data that serves as the foundation for further investigation.
What is a hypothesis!
What do you call the group that is not impacted by the independent variable of an experiment?
What is a control group!
Under what 3 biases are surveys most susceptible?
What is Social desirability bias, self-report bias, and sampling bias!
A ___ is a carefully worded statement of the exact procedure used in a research study.
What is an operational definition!
A correlation coefficient of 0.9 means you have what kind of correlation?
What is a Strong Positive Correlation!
Which of these is better for an experiment? Population or Random Sample?
What is a Random Sample!
________ is informing the subject of the research about what they are getting into before the experiment begins
What is Debriefing!
One time, Jessica walked down a road and as she saw a clock she was splashed with water as a car drove by. Now, Jessica believes that every time she sees a clock, something bad will happen.
What is Perceiving Orders in Random Events!
In a study, a researcher gives a participant a _______ treatment. Afterwards, the participant reportedly feels a perceived improvement in their symptoms. What is the name of this effect?
What is a Placebo Effect!
What shape does a normal distribution of data make?
What is a bell curve!
A quiz with 10 questions measures anxiety in this study. The students indicated how much they agreed with statements like "I feel nervous or on edge" by picking a number from 1 to 5. Numbers above 3 meant they felt more anxious.
What is the operational definition of anxiety?
What is responses with a score above 3!
A psychologist wants to study the effects of sleep deprivation on college students, involving overnight monitoring and surveys. Before starting, they must submit their proposal to this committee for approval.
What is the Institutional Review Board!
Michael has always been good at math and assumes he’ll ace his upcoming calculus exam without studying. He skips all the review sessions and only glances at his notes the night before. When he gets his score back, he’s shocked to find that he barely passed.
What psychological bias is Michael exhibiting?
What is overconfidence bias!
Bobby was doing a review after a test & the teacher was going over the correct answers. Every time an answer gets correct, Bobby feels as if it was obvious.
What bias is Bobby exhibiting?
What is Hindsight Bias!
What percentage of data will typically fall between one, two, and three standard deviations from the center?
What is the 68%, 95%, 99.7% rule!
Researchers wanted to understand how often students help each other during group activities. The researchers then visited several classrooms and quietly watched the students during group work. They recorded how often students offered help, asked for help, or worked without interacting with others.
Would this study be classified as a naturalistic observation, a case study, or a survey?
What is Naturalistic observation!
A scientist develops a framework for understanding how memory works, using it to design experiments that test specific hypotheses. This principle has not yet been validated by results but guides the study.
What is a Theoretical principle!
Mark believed he "knew" a stock market crash was coming and thought his past luck in investing proved his expertise. He noticed all of the usual “signs” a couple of days before, and then sold his stock. Unfortunately, the stock market didn't crash. Mark reflects on what he has done and “knew” it was not a good idea.
What is Mark exhibiting?
What are cognitive biases!
"This study finds that the number of hours a person spends playing video games each week and their blood type. Despite some initial suggestions that certain blood types might be linked to gaming preferences, what correlation do these things have?”
What is Zero correlation!