Operational Definitions
Variables
Measurement Techniques
Experimental Validity
Writing a Research Paper
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Operational Definition
What is a way to define an abstract concept that you are using as a variable in your study so that everyone can understand how you are measuring it?
100
Independent variable.
What is the variable that the experimenter manipulates?
100
When the participant and the subject do not what condition they are in for the experiment.
What is a double-blind experiment?
100
Validity.
What is the extent to which you are measuring what you intend to measure?
100
The section of your paper that must follow APA guidelines.
What is every section?
200
An operational definition for this measure could be heart rate
What is anxiety?
200
This variable is measured by the experimenter.
What is the dependent variable?
200
Non-ordered Category responses.
What is a Nominal scale.
200
Face validity
What is an intuitively organized scale that appears to have high validity.
200
The introduction
What is the part of the paper that contains an literature review and establishes your argument that sets up your hypothesis?
300
Using the Stanford self-consciousness scale.
What is an operational definition for self-consciousness?
300
Extraneous variable.
What is a variable that could cause unwanted changes in the dependent variable?
300
Ratio Scale
What is a scale with equally spaced, numerical responses, values are ration relations, there is a definite zero point.
300
As internal validity goes up, this type of validity tends to go down
What is external validity?
300
The section that should contain a list of all the sources that you cited in the text of your paper.
What is the reference section?
400
Operational definitions are used in this type of experimental research.
What is all types of experimental research?
400
The levels of an IV.
What are the # of treatments that you administer to the subjects.
400
When conducting an experiment, the experimenter should consider this technique to be sure that he or she will be able to generalize to as many people as possible in the population.
What is sampling?
400
This type of reliability insures that when 2 or more individuals are scoring a behavior of interest, they are using the same operational definition of that behavior.
What is inter-rater reliability?
400
The abstract/
What is the part of the paper that provides a general overview of the paper, methods, findings, and importance?
500
3 operational definitions for the construct of depression.
What is a depression inventory, # or times a person smiles, levels of seratonin being secreted,........?
500
A within-subjects design
What is when each participant receives every level of the IV.
500
The type of statistic used to generalize from a sample to a population.
What are inferential statistics?
500
You can have ________ in a study without having this _________ .
What is reliability and validity?
500
The part of your Reference section that should appear in italics?
What is the Journal name and # for each reference?