Assures that your experimental groups are equal and comparable.
What is random assignment
100
Review board that oversee research that is conducted on animals.
What is Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUCs)
100
altered laboratory environment versus the natural environment. Can lower external validity.
What is artificiality
100
a testable, well-defined, measurable statement
What is hypothesis
100
examples of this include: physical traces and archival records
What are indirect observations / Unobtrusive (nonreactive) observation methods
200
Assures that all members of the population have an equal chance of participating in research.
What is random selection
200
Board that oversees research that is conducted on/with human participants
What is Institutional Review Board (IRB)
200
No intervention, the observer blends in so as not to disturb the natural environment. Outcome is correlational or decriptive results.
What is naturalistic observation
200
a variable the could be the alternate explanation for an observed correlation or effect
What is extraneous / confounding variable
200
a measure of experimental control that typically indicates how confident the researcher can be that the independent variable caused changes in the dependent variable
What is internal validity
300
Using population parameters to determine how many members of a sub-group should be included in a sample.
What is stratified sampling
300
Weights the effects of research according to the potential risks and benefits
What is Risk/Benefit Ratio
300
an exhaustive and mutually exclusive list of behaviors that comprise an ethogram
What is a scoring category for an observational study
300
The variable that is manipulated by the researcher in an experimental design
What is independent variable
300
The extent to which a measurement tool delivers consistent results each time it is used.
What is reliability
400
Commonly used sampling method, used in most colleges.
What is convenience sampling
400
Research that is deemed more than minimal risk
What is "At risk" determination
400
A formalized data recording tool that outlines the technique, method, and operational definitions of behaviors that will be observed
What is an ethogram
400
Approach the aggregates the results of a group of people and allows generalizability
What is the nomothetic approach
400
The specific definition of a construct or measurement that is specific to the study
What is operational definition
500
the ultimate goal of random selection
What is generalizability
500
Protections, considerations, and accommodations
What is provided to participants when risk greater than "minimal risk"
500
the extent to which multiple observers record the same results in an observational study design
What is inter-rater reliability
500
Approach that follows in-depth analysis of a single special case
What is the idiographic approach
500
the extent to which a measurement tool accurately measures the construct that it is designed to measure