Miscellaneous
An unethical study where African-American males were promised medical treatment when in reality the progression of a disease was being studied.
What was the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
Of 1,2,3,4,5: The mean
What is 3?
Velocity would be an example of this type of data
What is ratio?
The middle score of a dataset
What is the median?
n
What is sample size?
A study where orphans were used to measure the development of stuttering.
What is the Monster Study?
Of 1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5: The mode
What is 5?
"Procedures that allow one to measure or explain a concept" -- Wimmer and Dominick, 2006
What is an operational definition?
How often (or frequently) scores occur in a dataset
What is a frequency distribution?
Σ
What is a summation?
The probability you would have received your results if the null hypothesis were true.
What is p value?
Of 1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5: The standard deviation
What is 1.66?
“A study designed to permit observations of the same phenomenon over an extended period of time.” (Babbie, 2009)
What is a longitudinal study?
It states that "For any normally distributed set of data, at least 99.7% of data lie within three standard deviations of the mean, at least 95% of data lie within two standard deviations of the mean, and at least 68% of data lie within one standard deviation of the mean.” -- Privitera, 2012
What is the empirical rule?
s
What is the standard deviation?
Your study really measures what you claim it is measuring
What is validity?
Of 1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5: The median
What is 4?
It is "systematically varied by the researcher"
What is the independent variable?
A symmetrical distribution in which scores fall equally on each side of the mean.
What is a normal distribution?
s2
What is variance (of a sample)?
If you repeat the study, you will get the same or similar results.
What is reliability?
Of 1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5: The range
What is 4?
Socioeconomic status would be an example of this type of data
What is ordinal?
A test that standardizes scores.
What is a z score?
x
What is a score?