Correlational Research
A type of non-experimental research that measures the relationship between variables
What is correlational research
The three main goals of experimental research
What is manipulation, control, and comparison
The meaning of the word "quasi"
What is resembling
Psychological research that focuses on establishing relationships between variables and studying basic human processes
What is basic research
The two areas of focus when assessing research for converging evidence
What are limitations of experiments and theory testing
The inability to determine which variable is the cause and which is the effect
What is the directionality problem
A method that includes manipulating an independent variable and random assignment of participants
What is a true experiment
An aspect of research that is the same between both quasi-experimental research and experimental research
What is independent variable manipulation
The measurement of how well a study can be generalized to the larger population and the real world
What is external validity
When assessing the flaws in research studies, scientists should focus on the....
What is pattern
A statistical technique for simple correlational analyses
What is Pearson r statistic
A variable that systematically varies with the independent variable
What is a confound
The major difference between quasi-experimental and experimental research is that experimental research does a better job of....
What is controlling confounds
The misconception that using convenience sampling prevents psychologists from applying research findings to the real world
Since no single study can prove a theory, researchers rely on series of studies for support and as a means of ruling out other....
What are explanations
A problem that increases the likelihood of spurious correlations
What is selection bias
A component of experimental research that provides contextual information so that results can be interpreted correctly
What is comparison group
The conditions in quasi-experimental research are rarely, if ever, randomly assigned between groups, which makes the participant groups....
What is non-equivalent
The process that ensures the generality of results from one study to the larger population and is a characteristic of science
What is replication
As science progresses, statistical techniques improve and ____________ become increasingly robust
What are research methods
The biggest limitation of non-experimental research is the inability to determine a....
What is causal relationship
A limitation of experimental research that stems from the high levels of control in the lab setting and is often overstated by the public
What is the artificiality criticism
One reason participants cannot be randomly assigned in quasi-experimental research is because random assignment and/or manipulation would be....
What is unethical
Results from applied research are useful to the real world and have the sole purpose of....
What is direct application
When psychologists compile evidence from numerous research studies for a meta-analysis, they have to use a common statistical metric between studies. The one seen most often would be..
What is effect size