What is describe, predict, determine the cause of behavior, & explain.
100
Definition of a variable.
What is any event, situation, behavior, or individual characteristic that varies and has AT LEAST 2 LEVELS.
100
An historical example of a case study.
What is THERE ARE LOTS...YOU TELL ME.
100
Definition of reliability.
What is determining consistency or stability of a measure.
100
Definition of beneficence.
What is maximize benefits and minimize risks of research.
200
Two characteristics of a hypothesis.
What is testable & falsifiable.
200
The difference between a conceptual variable and a measurement variable.
What is an operational definition.
200
The method associated with the quantification of observational data.
What is systematic observation.
200
Most common statistic associated with internal consistency (reliability)
What is Cronbach's alpha.
200
The name of the report that established beneficence, autonomy, and justice (codes of conduct) for behavioral and medical researchers.
What is the Belmont Report.
300
Basic vs Applied Research: "A researcher is interested in understanding how the Big 5 relate to sensation-seeking."
What is BASIC.
300
The relationship between two variables when points on a scatterplot look like a big cloud of dots.
What is no relationship.
300
2 types of naturalistic observation.
What is participant & non-participant observation.
300
6 types of validity that help researchers determine construct validity.
What is face, content, concurrent, predictive, convergent, discriminant.
300
What are 4 characteristics of the informed consent process?
What is: on-going, language is accessible, voluntary participation, withdraw participation at any time, confidentiality, risks, benefits, procedural explanation.
400
The section of a research article that can be used to replicate the study.
What is the Methods Section.
400
What type of measurement scale (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) is this: self-efficacy scale scored from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)?
What is ORDINAL (but often treated as interval in statistical analyses).
400
Disadvantages to experimental and non-experimental methods.
What is EXPERIMENTAL: external validity / NON-EXPERIMENTAL: internal validity
400
The way in which true score theory relates to reliability.
What is the greater the measurement error, the lower the reliability.
400
4 types of scientific misconduct.
What is fraud/misrepresenting data, plagiarism, authorship, misleading reports.
500
Change this interest statement into a research question and a hypothesis: "Freddy is an environmentally conscious guy, and he believes that more people should reuse "waste" products. He thinks that access to information about how to reuse "waste" products might impact people's decision to reuse."
What is LOTS OF WAYS TO DO THIS...YOU TELL ME.
500
Three ways to determine causality (from Cook & Campbell).
What is temporal precedence, covariation of cause & effect, elimination of 3rd variables.
500
One method researchers use to analyze qualitative observational data (e.g., interviews, archival data).
What is content analysis.
500
What kind of validity assesses whether or not a scale/measure assessed what it was intended to measure? And how do you achieve this kind of validity?
What is CONSTRUCT VALIDITY. It's a process; begin with "easy" validities (e.g., face & content) and progressively work up to supporting the measure with statistical validities (e.g., predictive, concurrent, convergent, discriminate).
500
One example of a study that violated the justice principle of the Belmont Report.