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Define Replication.
What is the ability for the same study to be repeated and gain the same results.
100
What's the difference between mean, median, and mode.
What is the mean is the sum of the data divided by the number of pieces of data. the median is the middle point in a data set. the mode is the value that appears most within data set.
100
What are the measures of central tendency?
What is mean, median, and mode.
100
Name the three things every experimental design must have.
What is an IV, a DV, and random assignment.
100
If you paraphrase an article, but do not directly quote them, do you include an in-text citation? Why or why not?
What is Yes-- to give credit to the creator of the content and avoid plagiarism.
200
Define Experimental Design.
What is a study used to make predictions and determine causation. (must contain an IV, at least one DV, and random assignment)
200
What's the difference between the independent and dependent variable?
What is the independent variable is the variable being altered and the dependent variable changes based on the IV.
200
What are the different types of distributions? Describe each.
What is normal, positively skewed (the skew is to the right), and negatively skewed (the skew is to the left).
200
Mary is doing a study to see if hair color plays a role in whether or not women are hired by Google. What is the IV? What is the DV?
What is the IV is hair color and the DV is whether or not they're hired.
200
If there are two authors of the same text, do you alphabetize their names in the citation, or leave them in the order found in the article?
What is leave them in the order they're cited on the article.
300
Define Construct.
What is the underlying concept/idea we are trying to study.
300
What is the difference between the sample and the population.
What is the sample is the group of people involved in the study and the population is the group of people the sample is intended to represent.
300
What are the four types of sampling procedures?
What is random, stratified random, convenience, and quota.
300
List 3 pros and 3 cons of surveys.
What is Pros: easy, build statistics about the material, high external validity, cheap, learn about thoughts/feelings/preferences. Cons: biased, no causation, subjective, limited sampling pool, people answer based on what they think they should say.
300
When citing an article do you capitalize each word in the title or just the first letter of the article title?
What is just the first letter of the title.
400
Define Operational Definition.
What is a very specific way of defining variables.
400
What's the difference between a random sample and a stratified random sample?
What is a random sample requires that everyone in the population has an equal chance in being selected for the study; a stratified random still requires access to the entire population, but individuals are placed into categories prior to selection.
400
The four types of validity.
What is content validity, construct validity, criterion validity, and face validity. (+100 if you can define each)
400
List five measures one may take to ensure a study is ethical.
What is participants are over 18 (or have consent), responsible for welfare of others, provide results, participants can drop out at any time, outline risks, anominity, disclose as much info as possible, debrief.
400
Which of the following are in parenthesis and which are italicized (not all items will fit in one of the categories): year, journal name, page range, volume, author's name.
What is year is in parenthesis, journal name and volume are italicized.
500
Define Predictive and Concurrent Validity.
What is a- when one measure is administered before the other in an attempt to predict the later. b- when two measures are taken at the same time.
500
What's the difference between internal and external validity?
What is internal validity means that all components of a study are consistent except the independent variable; external validity is the extent to which a study is generalizable to the real world.
500
The four types of reliability.
What is interrater, test-retest, equivalent forms, and split-half. (+200 if you can define all of them).
500
Outline the correct format for an article. Include what is in each section.
What is 1. title. 2. abstract: basic summary of the article and study. 3. introduction: previous research/problems with it, rationale for study, hypothesis. 4. method: participants, materials, procedure. 5. results: report findings and make commentary on hypothesis. 6. discussion: whether hypothesis is supported, limitations, future suggestions, topic in bigger context. 7. references.
500
Outline the proper way to cite an article coming from a journal with two authors. Be sure to dictate when commas, periods, italics, and parenthesis are used.
What is Last name, first initial., & last name, first initial. (year). title of article. journal name (italicized), volume (italicized), page range.