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Scientific Method
Research Methods
Correlation vs Causation
Statistical Reasoning
100
Method used to test and confirm or debunk theories
Scientific Method
100
Using self reports from many people
Survey
100
How two factors vary together
Correlation
100
Statistics that explain the results or scores of a group
Descriptive statistics
200
A testable prediction
Hypothesis
200
Watching and recording natural behavior
Naturalistic Observation
200
Statistical measure of a relationship between two factors
Correlation Coefficient
200
The most frequently occurring score
Mode
300
To repeat trials for accuracy
Replicate
300
Studying one person in depth to generalize all people
Case study
300
Graph that shows correlation through plotted points
Scatterplot
300
The arithmetic average
Mean
400
Experimental results caused by expectations alone
Placebo effect
400
Which research method would one use to study this:

Do people tend to treat females differently than males?

Naturalistic observation
400
A perceived nonexistent correlation
Illusory Correlation
400
What one piece of data is high or lower than the rest, throwing off the average
Skewed distribution
500
Statement of the procedures used to define research variables
Operational Definition
500
Which research Method would someone use to study this:

How many people wake up before 6 am every day?

Survey
500
What does it mean if a score is very close to -1 or +1?
There is a strong correlation
500
Computed measure of how much scores vary around the mean score
Standard deviation