Test subjects might skew your data by giving answers that are more socially acceptable; they may report they are healthier, happier, or less prejudiced than they really are.
What is social desirability bias?
100
A study can only be regarded as ____________ if its conclusions can be verifiable or refuted by subsequent studies.
What is Scientific
100
____________ curves are bell-shaped and symmetrical, where most scores fall near the mean, and they describe many types of psychological data.
What is normal
100
When a research psychologist generalizes from a particular sample to an entire population, this is called...
What is statistical inference
100
A ___________ group doesn't receive any treatment in an experiment in order to show the difference between test subjects and non-tested subjects.
What is control
200
When test subjects are not sampled randomly but are actually pulled from one core group or another, (from a narrow sample group) thus skewing survey data.
What is Sampling bias?
200
Research technique that tests a hypothesis comparing two independent variables on a group of test subjects
What is experimental research
200
This type of graph is used to show correlation data for many individual test subjects along x,y coordinates
What is a scatterplot
200
In order for a _________ to yield information that is generalizable to the population from which it is drawn, it must be representative of the population.
What is a Sample?
200
________-________ __________ is used to prevent the possibility of a placebo effect on researchers' expectations. They don't know the difference between a control group and test subjects, and neither do the subjects.
What is double-blind procedure
300
Events seem more predictable after they occur. People often think that after they've heard research findings, that they knew it all along.
What is hindsight bias
300
When your study analyzes several previous studies, compiling data based on their findings this is called
What is meta analysis
300
A small_________ __________ usually shows that scores are most representative of a given population
What is standard deviation
300
An aspect of a participant's response that is measured (quantifiable) in an experiment describes a _________ variable.
What is a dependent?
300
In order to evaluate a test's _________, a test-retest method can be used to make sure it's an appropriate survey tool.
What is reliability
400
This ethical guideline surrounds the test subjects ability to quit from a study.
What is right to withdraw
400
When something so rare is studied that there are only one or two subjects available to study, the best research approach is usually what?
What is a case study?
400
This measure of variation is most affected by extreme scores
What is range
400
Random assignment is used to reduce the effects of ____________ variables in an experiment.
What is Confounding?
400
Explaining the purpose of a research study after its conclusion is known as ________
What is debriefing
500
Test subjects must sign a document spelling out the risks of the study and that they understand they are participating in research. They also must provide written permission to share the results. This is known as what?
What is informed consent
500
Research that allows you to predict or shows if one factor causes another factor directly in the sample population
What is correlation
500
When your data shows a that as one variable increases, the other variable increases, that is known as a...
What is positive correlation
500
____________ __________ is used to increase the likelihood that the sample represents the population as every member of the population has an equal chance of getting selected, thus allowing the researcher to generalize findings to a larger population.
What is random sampling
500
Recording behaviors of a group in their natural environment during an experiment is known as __________ __________.