Scientific Method
Sampling
Measurement Scales
Ethics
Lab Reports
100
A hypothesis must be __________.
What is testable?
100
Observations based on subject selection
What is subject sampling?
100
Rank 10 schools from 1-10 (1=highest rank)
What is ordinal scale?
100
The level of risk associated with daily life
What is minimal risk?
100
This is a one paragraph summary of the entire study.
What is an abstract?
200
A term for a concept in Psychology
What is a construct?
200
Observations based on defined events
What is event sampling?
200
Reaction time on the implicit association test
What is ratio scale?
200
The process of disclosing information about an experiment that permits a potential participant to decide whether or not to take part in a study
What is informed consent?
200
The author reflects upon the meaning of the results in this section.
What is the Discussion section?
300
The term for defining a construct
What is an operational definition?
300
This is another term for nonprobability sampling.
What is convenience sampling?
300
Categories for race
What is nominal scale?
300
The process of disclosing information about a study, including revelations of deception.
What is debriefing?
300
Previous studies are described in this section in order to provide background information for the research question.
What is the Introduction section?
400
_______ refers to consistency of a measurement.
What is reliability?
400
Observations based on varied locations
What is situational sampling?
400
Temperature as degrees Celcius
What is interval scale?
400
The committee that is responsible for reviewing experiments involving humans as research subjects
What is the IRB (Institutional Review Board)?
400
The information in this section allows other scientists to reproduce the study.
What is the Methods section?
500
This allows you to test one variable at a time by holding all other variables constant
What is control?
500
Recording observations every 10 minutes over 3 hours
What is systematic time sampling?
500
IQ scores that have been normalized by age
What is interval scale?
500
The committee that is responsible for reviewing experiments involving animals as research subjects
What is the IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee)?
500
In APA style, cited publications are ordered in this way in the Reference section.
What is alphabetical order by the first author's last name?
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