Samples
Research Designs
Variables
Validity
APA Style
100
Using Facebook and emailing my friends to get participants for my study
What is convenience sampling
100
Looks at the relationship between two variables
What is a correlation
100
The variable that is “tested” or measured
What is the Dependent variable
100
The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people
What is External Validity
100
A concise summary of a study that is limited to 250 words
What is an Abstract
200
Every person in a sampling frame has an equal chance of being asked to participate in my study
What is random sampling
200
A research design that evaluates the differences between two groups
What is a t-test
200
The variable that is manipulated in a study
What is an independent variable
200
The extent to which the independent variable affects changes in the dependent variable
What is Internal Validity
200
Includes the following sections: Participants, Measures, and Procedures
What is the Methods section
300
The group of people you try to generalize your findings to
What is a population
300
A research design that evaluates the differences between 3 or more groups
What is a one-way ANOVA
300
Any variable, other than the independent variable, that may be affecting the dependent variable and is unplanned for and uncontrolled
What is a confounding or extraneous variable
300
People change their behavior as a result of being observed
What is Reactivity
300
This is an example: (Smith, et. al., 1999)
What is an in-text citation with more than 2 authors
400
The group of individuals the researcher has access to and who will be drawn on to form the sample
What is a sampling frame
400
An analysis that predicts the value of a variable based on the value of two or more variables
What is a multiple regression
400
Variables that are measured using ratio intervals. Weight, age, and GPA are examples
What is a continuous variable
400
A threat to internal validity where extreme scores tending to revert back to the mean
What is Regression to the Mean
400
The probability of getting the observed result when the null hypothesis is true
What is a p-value?
500
Balances subject characteristic and potential confounding variables that occur during the time in which the experiment is conducted
What is block randomization
500
An analysis that measures whether a combination of multiple independent variables cause an effect redict the value of a dependent variable
What is a factorial ANOVA
500
A variable that is prevented from varying
What is a Constant
500
The changes participants undergo after repeated testing
What is Practice Effects
500
A committee established to review and approve research involving human subjects.
What is the HREB
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