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What is Scientific Method?
Summary of other people's work
What is Secondary Source?
Measures of “types” or discrete categories rather than numbers.
What is Qualitative Data?
A feature of a study that can change or be changed
What is Variable?
Age measured as 1,2,3,4, etc.
What is Scale Data?
Specific prediction or testable question
What is Hypothesis?
IRB function
What is to review a research proposal before it is acted upon to determine how ethical the study would be.
Empirical research, observation, measurements, data, etc.
What is Primary Source?
Variables you might use to study something/conduct research
What is Experimental Variable?
Measuring participants gender
What is Nominal Data?
Overarching idea that will lead to future research
What is Theory?
Comprehensive overview of a single topic
What is Review Article?
This research must have a methods section and results section.
What is Empirical Article?
“Explanatory variable” or "predictor variable". Frequently changed or manipulate, but not always
What is Independent Variable?
Rank measured as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place
What is Ordinal Data?
Clearly defined terminology
What is one of the 5 basic requirements of a scientifically rigorous field?
Doing research for its own sake to one's improve knowledge or try to find the answer to a question.
What is Basic Research?
To define something in terms of the methods that are used to measure the variable.
What is Operationalize?
Identify the DV: Researchers want to test the effect of caffeine on road rage.
What is Road Rage?
Recording which avenger participants identify with most.
What is Nominal Data?
Measurement of counting in order to evaluate the target (should be measurable)
What is debrief, informed consent, excessive incentive (exploitation of needs), unknown participant characteristics, voluntary participation etc.
Identify the research method being used. “Does proximity impact the health of attraction in marital relationships?”
What is Applied Research?
Identify the IV: Researchers want to test if male students who don’t have a meal plan are more likely to enjoy the movie Ratatouille than female students who do have a meal plan
What is Gender and Meal Plan?
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? This room is warm. 1 Strongly agree, 2 agree, 3 neutral, 4 disagree, 5 strongly disagree
What is Ordinal Data?