Types of Research
Biases
Scientific Method
Statistics
Wild Card
100

Two terms mistakenly grouped together. _______ does NOT imply _______.

What are Correlation and Causation?

100

Jenny believes that she "knew it all along".

What is an example of Hindsight Bias?

100

In an experiment measuring caffeine on sleep, the amount of coffee a participant drinks.

What is the IV?

100

PAPER PROMPT

What is the Median?

100

When a study involves deception, this must happen immediately after the experiment is finished.

What is debriefing?

200

Different methods to conduct a study.

What are DescriptiveCorrelation, and Experimental?

200

The explanation for why people tend to like patterns.

What is Perceiving Order in Random Events?

200

The step before the creation of a hypothesis.

What is a Theory?

200

The name for the shape of a Standard Deviation graph.

What is a bell curve?

200

PAPER PROMPT

What is the Mode?

300

Good for rare, unique situations and hypotheses

Bad for generalization/being representative of population

What are the pros and cons of a case study?

300

Ashley is overly sure that she can accomplish logic games.

What is an example of judgmental overconfidence?

300

Descriptive, Correlation, and Experimental

What are the three ways to test a hypothesis?

300

In a normal distribution, this percentage of scores falls within one standard deviation of the mean.

What is 68%?

300

Curiosity, skepticism, and humility

What are the scientific attitudes?

400

A study done where participants took the roles of guards and prisoners.

What is Zimbardo's Prison Experiment?

400

This type of bias occurs when researchers unknowingly influence the outcome of their study to match their expectations.

What is Experimenter/Researcher Bias?

400

James has already collected information after creating his hypothesis. He is now on this step.

What is analyzing data?

400

-1.00 to 1.00

What is the range of correlation coefficients?

400

Katie participates in a sleep study where she is connected to monitors of her brain activity, breathing, and heart rate.

What is an example of Laboratory Observation?

500

The 8 subcategories of research methods from the blue packet.

What are Naturalistic Observation, Laboratory Observation, Case Study, Survey, Experimental Method, Correlation Method, Psychological Tests, and Meta Analysis?

500

This type of bias occurs when a sample is selected in a way that does not accurately represent the population.

What is sampling bias?

500

This description of how a variable is measured or manipulated allows other researchers to replicate the study.

What is an operational definition?
500

The percent of a PScore that can be attributed to chance while still remaining statistically significant.

What is 5%? (p<0.5)

500

Known for his obedience studies, this researcher pushed ethical boundaries and helped spark modern ethical codes.

Who is Stanley Milgram?