A short summary of a study, usually presented at the beginning of a published journal article.
What is an Abstract?
100
Recorded observations, usually in numeric or textual form.
What is Data?
100
A proposed explanation for a phenomenon. Must be testable.
What is a Hypothesis?
100
The subset of a population researched in a particular study.
What is a Sample?
100
A variable that is varied or manipulated by the researcher in an experimental study. Also called a factor, treatment, or explanatory variable.
What is an Independent Variable?
200
A loss of accuracy in the use of research methods. Bias means that the research findings will not be representative of, or generalizable to, a wider population.
What is Bias?
200
An unforeseen, and unaccounted-for variable that jeopardizes reliability and validity of an experiment's outcome.
What is a Confounding Variable?
200
In science, refers to a hypothesis that has accumulated a large amount of support from many studies and researchers.
What is a Theory?
200
The value that is of interest or imposed by the researcher or the value that is measured in the study.
What is a Variable?
200
A number between 0 and 1 generated by statistical tests. Represents the probability of obtaining the same results again assuming that the null hypothesis is actually true.
What is P-value?
300
There is no such thing as this in science. Scientists can only collect evidence to support a hypothesis;
What is a Proof?
300
The average score within a distribution.
What is a Mean?
300
The center score in a distribution.
What is a Median?
300
The most frequent score in a distribution.
What is a Mode?
300
A research tool in which a researcher asks questions of participants.
What is an Interview?
400
The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution.
What is a Range?
400
Jahana Kaliangara's major?
What is Liberal Studies?
400
Georgia Castro's concentration is in?
What is Biology?
400
Dr. Taylor's dog's name
What is Cosmo?
400
A statistical test used to determine if the mean values of three or more groups differ significantly.
What is ANOVA?
500
In this form of data collection, I measuered the amount of rainfall in Cleveland, Ohio over the course of 6 months.
What is Quantitative Research?
500
In this form of data collection, I measured how many girls in the class had green eyes versus brown or blue.
What is Qualitative Research?
500
A strong (blank) tells us that an event will likely occur.
What is a Probability?
500
A term used in statistical analysis. A measure of variation that indicates the typical distance between the scores of a distribution and the mean; it is determined by taking the square root of the average of the squared deviations in a given distribution. It can be used to indicate the proportion of data within certain ranges of scale values when the distribution conforms closely to the normal curve.