Testable statements of presumed relationships between two or more concepts
What is a hypothesis
100
The value of .05 is often used in research studies as a threshold for this
What is statistical significance
100
This study that occurred between 1932 and 1972 involved denying syphilis treatment to 399 African American men who were infected with syphilis.
What is Tuskegee
100
Gender is an example of this measurement level
What is nominal
100
A sample that does not accurately reflect the population is considered this (for example: the population is 30% Asian, 30% Black, 40% Latino but the sample is 100% Asian)
What is Non-representative
200
This is the causal variable in a hypothesis, the one that is believed to be making the change
What is an independent variable
200
In an experimental study, the size of the difference between two groups
What is effect size
200
This report established within research the following principles:respect, beneficence and justice
What is Belmont
200
Multiple items combined into a composite score (Example: the BDI) is an example of a
What is an index/scale
200
How much the sample differs from the population from whih it was drawn
What is sampling error
300
General ways of thinking about the world. These world views affect what we consider to be true or not
What is a paradigm
300
In research studies, individuals, groups, organizations, programs, social artifacts are examples of these
What is unit of analyses
300
The fact that within the Tuskegee study, there was no informed consent for denying treatment, is a violation of which of the 3 principles within the Belmont Report?
What is respect?
300
This level of measurement has no zero value
What is interval
300
When each element in the population has some chance of inclusion in the sample
What is a probability sample
400
In a study you establish that the independent variable comes before the dependent variable in terms of temporality. You also have established that this relationship is not spurious. You have therefore established. . .
What is causality
400
When you make assumptions about individuals from group level data
What is ecological fallacy
400
In order to develop a model for psychosis, researchers did this to people with serious mental illness
What is symptom exacerbation
400
This scale consists of ordered response alternatives (like strongly disagree to strongly agree)
What is a Likert scale
400
When the investigators use their best judgment to choose a sample for the purposes of the study
What is purposive sampling
500
You are interested in exploring the relationship between substance use and depression. Substance use is what type of variable
What is either independent variable or dependent variable
500
In a study the person who gives the study assessments is also the person who delivers the intervention. The study participants report more positively about the study intervention because they want to please the researcher. This is an example of . . .
What is reactivity
500
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations regarding research protections is housed under which U.S. Department?
What is the Department of Health and Human Services
500
This type of error affects all the scores in the study sample and so does affect the mean score.
What is systematic error
500
When the researcher divides the population into smaller subgroups and then draws separate random samples from each of the subgroups.