Statistics
An Alpha Error
What is another name for a Type I error?
Parsimonious
What is the term for "the simplest explanation is the best explanation?"
Correlation
What is the research term for 'an association?'
Occurs at the end of a program or treatment
What is a Summative or Outcome evaluation?
A Beta error
What is another name for a Type II error?
Null Hypothesis
What is it called when the IV does not affect the DV?
The control group
What is the name of the group that does not receive the experimental IV?
Formative evaluation
What takes place during treatment or while a program is going on?
Rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true
What is a Type I error?
Advances knowledge of practical application of theory, skills, and techniques.
What is Applied Research?
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Action and Experience-near Research
The IV has caused a change
What is an Alternative of Affirmative Hypothesis?
When the same subjects are used for the control and experimental groups.
What is a within-subject design?
Descriptive statistics
What are statistics that describe central tendency?
Whether or not the IV caused the DV to change
What is internal validity?
External validity
What is the research term for 'when results can be generalized' to the public or other settings?
Cross-sectional Research
What is the type of study that compares the same/similar data from different groups at the same point in time?
A parametric test that compares 2 means for normally distributed populations.
What is a t test?
An Organismic IV
What is a variable that the researcher cannot control but naturally exists?
A quasi-experiment
What is the type of experiment where the researcher cannot control the IV?
When subjects know they are being observed or measured
What is an obtrusive or reactive measure?