Scientific Method
A hypothesis must be __________.
What is testable?
Observations based on subject selection
What is subject sampling?
Rank 10 schools from 1-10 (1=highest rank)
What is ordinal scale?
The level of risk associated with daily life
What is minimal risk?
This is a one-paragraph summary of the entire study.
What is an abstract?
A term for a concept in Psychology
What is a construct?
This is how we should sample the population ideally?
What is random sampling?
The amount of time it takes to run one mile
What is ratio scale?
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?
The author reflects upon the meaning of the results in this section.
What is the Discussion section?
The term how a construct is measured
What is an operational definition?
This is another term for nonprobability sampling.
What is convenience sampling?
Categories for race
What is nominal scale?
The process of disclosing information about a study after it is conducted, including revelations of deception.
What is debriefing?
Previous studies are described in this section in order to provide background information for the research question.
What is the Introduction section?
_______ refers to consistency of a measurement.
What is reliability?
Observations based on varied locations
What is situational sampling?
Temperature as degrees Celcius
What is interval scale?
The dangers, including social, physical, and mental, that a participant might be exposed to.
What are risks?
The information in this section allows other scientists to reproduce the study.
What is the Methods section?
This allows you to test one variable at a time by holding all other variables constant
What is control?
Recording observations every 10 minutes over 3 hours
What is time sampling?
IQ scores that have been normalized by age
What is interval scale?
A panel of people who decide whether potential benefits of a study outweigh the possible risks, recommend modifications where necessary, and oversee experimental procedures are followed.
What is a regulatory board, such as an IRB or an IACUC?
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?