Ethics
The ethical principle which says that researchers must respect the autonomy of all people and treat them with courtesy and respect
What is respect for persons?
A type of survey question that addresses more than one issue, yet allows only for one answer.
What is a double-barreled question?
The number of variables measured in a bivariate correlational design
What is 2?
A type of correlational design that studies how variables or the relationships between variables change over time
What is a longitudinal design?
A statistical technique that involves predictors and criterion
What is regression or multiple regression?
The ethical principle which states that researchers must prioritize the well-being of participants
What is beneficence?
When participants change their behavior because they know another person is watching
What is reactivity?
The type of claim supported by correlational designs
What are association claims?
The primary benefit of using a longitudinal design over a bivariate correlational design
What is establishing temporal precedence?
A technique that allows us to examine the relationship between X and Y while statistically controlling for Z
What is multiple regression?
The ethical principle associated with the selection of subjects
What is justice?
Multiple-choice, true-or-false, and yes-or-no questions are all examples of this type of survey question
What is closed-ended?
What is forced-choice?
The three requirements for causal claims
What are association, temporal precedence, and elimination of alternatives?
The component of a longitudinal design that measures 2 variables at the same time
What is cross-sectional correlation?
A technique that allows us to determine whether Z is part of a causal pathway between X and Y
What is mediation?
These two unethical studies lead to the writing of the Belmont Report in 1978
What are the Nuremberg Code and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
Clarissa responds "No" to every question on a 20 item survey. This is an example of ________.
What is a response set?
What is nay-saying?
The Pearson's r value which represents the strongest possible negative correlation
-1.00
The component of a longitudinal design that measures 2 variables at 2 different times
What is cross-lag correlation?
A technique that allows us to examine the relationship between X and Y at different levels of Z
What is moderation?
The IRB regulation that has been violated in the following example. In the Baltimore Lead Paint Study, researchers offered valuable blood testing and lead-poisoning training to the families that agreed to participate in their study. They did not provide these benefits to families that chose not to participate in the study.
What is coercion?
A sleep researcher wants to know whether snoring impacts quality of sleep. She brings 25 people into her lab for a sleep study. She records 10 seconds of audio (to check for snoring) every 30 minutes throughout the night. This is an example of ______ sampling.
What is time sampling?
The shape or form of a correlation where r = .24
What is linear?
The component of a longitudinal design that gives us information regarding the stability of a construct
What is autocorrelation?
Another name for the error term in multiple regression or the general linear model
What is a residual?