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Research Process
What's da Problem?!
Populations
Measurement
100
A group of logically related statements that explains events that have occurred in the past and predict events that may happen in the future.
What is a THEORY
100
This word has several synonyms, such as changeable or unsteady.
What is a VARIABLE
100
U.S Government Online, African-American History Online, and Science Online are examples of what?
What are DATABASES
100
A subset of that population
What is SAMPLE
100
A measure of how well a test estimates a criterion
What is CONCURRENT VALIDITY
200
What is the first step in the modle of scientific inquiry?
What is ASKING THE QUESTION
200
A variable that has an unpredictable impact upon the dependent variable.
What is an EXTRANEOUS VARIABLE
200
The final step in the literature review process
What is WRITE YOUR PROPOSAL
200
Selects people with the characteristics you want (such as first grade, rural children)
What is QUOTA SAMPLING
200
Occurs when a test measures the same thing more than once and results in the same outcomes
What is RELIABILITY
300
This an example of what type of research: An analysis of Freud's use of hypnosis as it relates to current psychotherapy practices.
What is NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
300
The risk associated with not being 100% confident that the difference is caused by what you think and may be due to some unforeseen factor.
What is SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
300
Provides a level of information "Once removed" from the original work
What is SECONDARY SOURCES
300
A disadvantage of this sampling strategy is that it is less random than simple random sampling.
What is SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING
300
A measure of the consistency from rater to rater, rather than from time to time or even from test to test.
What is INTER-RATER RELIABILITY
400
To test for causal relationships without having full control
What is QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL
400
Treatment variable, factor, or predictor variable are other terms you might see for what type of variable?
What is an INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
400
Define URL
What is UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR
400
The likelihood of selecting any one member from the population is not known.
What is NONPROBABILITY SAMPLING
400
Kuder-Richardson is an example of what reliability coefficient?
What is INTERNAL CONSISTENCY
500
What type of research studies the relationship between variables (but not the effects of one on the other)?
What is CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH
500
What does this equation represent? Ho: μ9 = μ12
What is the NULL HYPOTHESIS
500
According to the text, if your research problem or question is "How does watching television commercials affect the buying behavior of adolescents?" what is your research hypothesis?
What is "Adolescent boys buy more of the products advertised on television than do adolescent girls."
500
When the population is heterogeneous and contains several different groups, some of which are related to the topic of study
What is STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING
500
Number of words spelled correctly, intelligence test scores, and temperature are examples of what level of measurement?
What is INTERVAL
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