The process of deciding what to believe and how to act based on a careful evaluation of the evidence
What is Critical Thinking
100
A scientific method that describes how people or animals behave in their natural environment
What is Naturalistic Observation
100
The arithmetic average of the distribution of scores for a particular variable
What is Mean
100
Factors in the study that can be measured and that are capable of changing, or varying
What is Variables
100
A set of Procedures used to gather, analyze, and interpret information in a way that reduces error and leads to dependable conclusions
What is The Scientific Method
200
A scientific method in which a researcher describes behavior as it occurs in its natural environment, and does so as a participant of the group being studied
What is Participant Observation
200
A scientific method involving an in-depth analysis of a single subject
What is Case Study
200
The middle score in a distribution of scores after you rank the scores from low to high
What is Median
200
The Variable that is manipulated in an experiment
What is Independent Variable
200
An organized system of ideas that seeks to explain why two or more events are related
What is Theory
300
A number that describes the central location within a distribution of scores in a sample
What is Central Tendency
300
A scientific method that assesses the nature of the relationship between two or more variables that are not controlled by the researcher
What is Correlational Research
300
The score that occurs most frequently in a distribution
What is Mode
300
The variable that may change In response to the manipulated changes in the experiment and is being measured
What is The Dependent Varaible
300
An educated guess, or prediction, about the nature of things based on a theory
What is Hypothesis
400
Using the following set of scores,
66,67,68,72,73,73,74,75,75,75,80
73 is considered the ______________ score
What is Median
400
A structured set of questions or statements given to a group of people to measure their attitudes, beliefs, values, or behaviors
What is Survey
400
Numbers that summarize and describe data in a practical, efficient manner
What is Descriptive Statistics
400
A Procedure for randomly selecting a sample of people to study in which everyone in the population has an equal chance of being chosen
What is Random Selection
400
A group of subjects who are selected to participate in a research study
What is Sample
500
Using the following scores,
18,22,23,23,30,30,30,31,35,37,39,40
30 is considered the ____________________ score
What is Mode
500
A scientific method in which researchers manipulate, or change, a variable to observe the effect on some other variable
What is Experiment
500
Mathematical methods to determine whether the date support or do not support the research hypothesis
What is Inferential Statistics
500
Repeating an earlier study's scientific procedures, using different participants in an attempt to duplicate the findings
What is Replication
500
A branch of mathematics that allows researchers to organize, describe, and make meaningful judgments from data they collect