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Hypothesize This
Data Mattas
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Methods & Madness
Describe & Infer
100
Reviewing the Literature, Generating a Research Question, Developing a Plan
What is the Research Plan?
100
Numerical or other information represented in a form suitable for processing by a computer.
What is data?
100
The number of individuals, items or events selected from a population for a study.
What is the sample?
100
Carolyn is conducting research and engages in this process that entails recognition and definition of a problem, formulation of hypothesis, collection of data and statement of conclusions regarding confirmation or disconfirmation of the hypthesis.
What is scientific method?
100
The amount of spread among scores.
What is variance?
200
In creating a hypothesis, Jen knows she has to ensure her variables are defined this way.
What is operationally?
200
Patrick's score of 190/200 on his quiz is an example of this.
What is raw score?
200
A group of participants who either receive a different treatment than the experimental group or are treated as usual.
What is a control group?
200
Distortion of research data that renders the data suspect or invalid and may occur due to characteristics of the researcher, the respondent or the research design itself.
What is bias?
200
A measure of variability that is stable and takes into account every score in a distribution. The square root of the variance.
What is standard deviation?
300
Having made the observations that test scores seem higher in students who have eaten breakfast, Mrs. Miller can base her research on this kind of hypothesis.
What is inductive?
300
In quantitative research, there is much less direct interaction between researcher and participants in regard to this than there is in qualitative research.
What is data collection?
300
This sampling method ensures representation of relevant subgroups.
What is stratified sampling?
300
The rejection of a null hypthesis that is actually true.
What is Type 1 error?
300
A degree to which we can generalize results or apply to groups and environments outside of the experimental setting.
What is external validity?
400
Mrs. LeBlanc wants to measure her students' attitudes toward math. Attitudes are an example of this.
What is a construct?
400
Norm referenced test scores are interpreted relative to this.
What are scores of others who have taken the test?
400
A researcher stands outside a bar and asks patrons about their attitudes toward alcohol. This is an example of,
What is sampling bias?
400
In a literature review, a useful way to organize your sources is to use this.
What is a literature matrix?
400
A relatively new way to identify the interactions of an array of variables, including "latent" variables, creating pathways that demonstrate relationships.
What is Structural Equation Modeling?
500
Independent variable is to dependent variable as ...
What is cause to effect?
500
The name of the process used in data mining that creates profiles of targeted people and items
What is clustering?
500
A technique for equating sample groups on one or more variables, resulting in each member of one group having a direct counterpart in another group.
What is matching?
500
If 60 students were put into 3 fitness groups, each group ranking level of fitness, this is an example of this kind of variable.
What is an ordinal variable?
500
Data analysis techniques for determining how likely it is that results obtained from a sample or samples are the same results that would have been obtained for the entire population.
What are inferential statistics?