1. Adds to our knowledge
2. Improves practice
3. Informs policy debate
What are the three main reasons research is important?
100
1. Nominal
2. Ordinal
3. Interval
4. Ratio
What are the four scales of measurement?
100
μ
What is the mean?
100
You use this design to establish case-and-effect relationship.
What is an experimental research design?
100
This occurs when researchers intentionally misleads participants.
What is deception?
200
a. Identify a research problem
b. Review the literature
c. Specify the purpose for research
d. Collect data
e. Analyze and interpret the data
f. Report and evaluate research
What are the six steps in research?
200
This is considered the lowest level of measurement.
What is nominal?
200
The largest number (minus) the smallest number
What is the range?
200
You use this design to determine tendency or pattern for two (or more) variables or sets of data.
What is correlational research?
200
An examination of participants’ willingness to obey authority figures even when instructed to
engage in behaviors that went contrary to their values.
What is Milgram's true purpose in the Obedience to Authority Experiment.
300
1. Beneficence
2. Respect for participants
3. Justice
What are the three main considerations in research?
300
This is similar to nominal data in that they represent categories.
What is ordinal?
300
Z score (10) + 50
What is t-score?
300
This design does not involve treatment and cannot explain cause-and-effect relationships.
What is survey research?
300
Falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism
What are three serious breaches in research?
400
Consists f identifying the major intent or objective for a study.
What is the research purpose?
400
This scale orders data like the ordinal scale, but also has equal intervals between items
What is interval?
400
This examines the degree of relationship or association between two variables. However, it does NOT imply that the value of one variable causes the value of another variable.
What is correlation?
400
Used to improve school or educational practices.
What is practical action research?
400
The study where some participants were guards and others were prisoners.
What is Zambardo's Stanford Prison study.
500
A body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge.
What is the scientific method?
500
This is similar to interval data except they have an absolute zero.
What is ratio?
500
They can range from -1 to +1.
What is correlation coefficient?
500
This is purposeful sampling strategy in which the researcher samples cases or individuals that differ on some characteristic or trait.
What is maximal variation sampling.
500
The established standards of conduct for the mental health industry.