Research Designs
What is a systematic and structured approach to conducting an investigation to answer a specific research question?
What is a research design?
What is the term for obtaining voluntary agreement from participants before they take part in a study after detailing the study?
What is informed consent?
What is the process of selecting participants in such a way that each has an equal chance of being chosen?
What is random sampling?
What research instrument consists of a set of questions or items designed to collect data or gather information from respondents?
What is a "questionnaire"?
What is a testable prediction about the relationship between two or more variables?
What is a hypothesis?
What type of study involves collecting data from the same subjects over an extended period of time?
What is a longitudinal study?
What is the process of explaining the true nature and purpose of a study to participants after it is completed?
What is debriefing?
Why is it important to sample correctly for experiments?
What is the key difference between interviews and surveys?
What is the method of data collection; interviews involve face-to-face or verbal questioning, while surveys are typically self-administered in written form.
What is the term for the group in an experiment that does not receive the experimental treatment?
What is the control group?
What is a type of study that assesses different age groups at a single point in time to make comparisons?
What is a cross-sectional study?
What ethical principle ensures that participants' identities and responses are kept confidential?
What is confidentiality?
In stratified sampling, why are subgroups or strata created within the population before selecting the sample?
What is "To reduce bias"?
What type of research involves directly observing and recording behavior without intervening or manipulating variables?
What is observational research/Naturalistic observation?
What is the process of randomly assigning participants to experimental and control groups to ensure each group is comparable?
What is randomization?
In an experiment, which type of variable is intentionally manipulated by the researcher?
What is an independent variable?
In research, what is the term for the deliberate misrepresentation or concealment of information about a study's purpose, procedures, or risks to participants?
What is "deception"?
What sampling method involves dividing the population into subgroups and then randomly selecting participants from each subgroup?
What is stratified sampling?
What is the primary purpose of a case study in research?
What is to provide an in-depth analysis of an individual or a small group's experiences or behaviors?
What type of study design ensures that neither the participants nor the researchers know who is in the experimental and control groups?
What is a double-blind study?
Provide the name of a research design that lacks random assignment to groups but still compares different groups.
What is a "quasi-experimental design"?
What are the potential consequences of conducting research without ethical considerations?
What are harm to participants, damage to researcher's reputation, or legal consequences?
What was an issue with how they sampled for the Stanford Prison Experiment?
What is "Menendez will decide"?
Name an advantage and disadvantage to surveys.
What is "Teachers Choice"?
What is the extent to which a research study accurately measures what it claims to measure?
What is validity?