Research Methods
Observe and Describe without manipulating variables
What is Descriptive Research?
a descriptive method of research - examines one individual or group in depth
What is a case study?
the experimental factor that IS manipulated – the variable whose impact is being studied - controlled by the researcher
What is the Independent Variable?
How the data measures the center of a set of data.
One term/concept PER PARAGRAPH
What is Space?
Observe and measure relationships between variables
What are Correlational Studies?
observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situation WITHOUT trying to manipulate and control the situation.
What is a naturalistic observation?
the outcome factor – the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable - what researchers are measuring
What is the Dependent Variable?
the most frequently occurring score in a distribution
What is Mode?
WRITE IN THE ORDER OF THE PROMPT
IF YOU DON’T KNOW A TERM, SKIP SPACE AND CONTINUE IN ORDER
GO BACK AND FILL IT IN IF YOU REMEMBER
What is Organize?
used to establish cause and effect
- experimenter manipulates variables
What is the Experimental Method?
A technique to ascertain a self-reported behavior or attitude of a particular group
What is a survey?
a factor OTHER THAN the independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment
What is the Confounding Variable?
the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and then dividing by the number of scores.
What is Mean?
USE THE REAL DEFINITION TO START YOUR PARAGRAPH…
What is Define
a graphed cluster of dots, each of which represents the values of two variables. Used to show correlations.
The slope of the points suggests the direction of the relationship between the two variables.
What is a scatterplot?
two variables move or vary in the same direction
What is positive correlation?
variables that an experimenter keeps constant to prevent confounding with the independent variable
What is a Control Variable?
the middle score in the distribution, half the scores are above it, half are below it
What is median?
THIS IS WHERE YOU GET THE POINTS
APPLY THE DEFINITION TO THE PROMPT, USE AN EXAMPLE, BE SPECIFIC
What is Apply?
no relationship between two variables
What is no correlation?
two variables move or vary in opposite direction
What is negative correlation?
express a qualitative attribute such as hair color, eye color, religion, favorite movie, gender
What is a Qualitative variable?
numerical data used to measure and describe characteristics of groups. Includes measures of central tendency and measures of variation. -
What is descriptive statistics?
How many points in an FRQ