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Observation
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Experimentation
Statistical Analyses
100
The variable that is manipulated in a study.
What is an independent variable?
100
Prof. Horowitz utilized _________ observation to study attention in dogs. (Be as specific as possible).
What is a naturalistic observation?
100
The number of beavers trapped was the ___________ in the "beaver trapper" article.
What is the dependent variable?
100
In a study comparing more than one group, this group does not undergo any manipulations.
What is the control?
100
The value of p that denotes statistical significance.
What is p < .05?
200
_________ refers to consistency in measurement.
What is reliability?
200
In Prof. Horowitz's article, attention was the _________.
What is the construct?
200
When you get into the car, if you do not buckle your seatbelt there is an annoying noise that will sound. In order to make it stop, you buckle your seatbelt. The car is modifying your behavior using what.
Negative Reinforcement
200
Professors Pham and Light recorded the drink orders of every 5th person at Liz's place. They are utilizing ________ sampling.
What is subject sampling?
200
Either r = 0.09 or r = -0.09 is the stronger correlation.
What is neither? They have the same strength!!!!!!! Just different directions!!!!! :)
300
Temperature (in F or C) is an example of what type of data scale.
What is an interval scale?
300
Claudia wanted to know what drinks are most popular at Liz's Place. To do so, she asked Aramark for a record of which drinks were sold in the past month. This method of observation is _________________.
What is indirect observation with archival records?
300
Fixed interval and variable ratio are examples of ____________.
What are reinforcement schedules?
300
Professors Pham and Light's TAs recorded each time students spoke in class. This is an example of ___________ sampling.
What is event sampling?
300
Taylor Swift wants to compare the levels of affection between Joe Jonas and Harry Styles. After computing the mean levels of affection she feels for each (using the number of songs that they inspired, respectively), she should run this statistical analysis.
What is an independent (unpaired) t-test?
400
In order to minimize ___________ researchers disguised themselves while observing participants.
What is reactivity?
400
The threshold for publishable interobserver reliability.
What is 85%?
400
The gambling aspect of the VR4 schedule (in the "beaver trapper study") is a possible __________ in this study.
What is a confound?
400
An experiment design in which participants receive all treatment conditions.
What is a within subject design?
400
What does it mean to have overlapping error bars?
The differences between the two groups is not statistically significant (p > 0.05).
500
_________ refers to the truthfulness of a measure.
What is validity?
500
Prof. Horowitz used this type of sampling in her study.
What is event sampling?
500
A slot machine uses this type of reinforcement schedule.
Variable Ratio
500
What is the difference between random assignment and random sampling?
Random sampling assures that the sample is representative of the population. Random assignment assures that all groups are equal on all measures.
500
Lady Gaga wants her fans to send more tweets about their concert experience. Her publicist notes that the number of tweets increases with the performer's skin area exposure. This is an example of __________________ .
What is a positive correlation?