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Theory
a broad explanation or prediction.
Hypothesis
a prediction that can be tested
what the scientic method entails
Indentify question
creating a explaination
doing reserch to support it/ not support
expressing the the finding.
(research methods) descriptive
describing something
(research methods) Correlational
decribes how things go together.
(research methods ) expirimental
Changing thing to see results.
Archival research
using written data
naturalistic oberservation
watching natural occuring behavior.
surveys
A sample of chosen people who are used to represent a group
case studies
involve one person or a small group
postive correlations
more studying = better GPA
Negative correlations
more partying = LEss GPA
(expirmental methods) Independent variable
controlled by the the experimenter.
(experimental methods) dependant variable.
manipulation of the indepentdent variable ( the out come of the results.)
Between and within subject designs
split participants ( pne person each gets a drug but not both)
Counterbalancing order effects.
2 groups of people get two versions of the IV test
control, placebo, placebo effect.
false treatment, fake pills.
random assignment of subjects to groups
random choosing of participants.
sample, population
testing a college on a hand of people represent the whole student body
random sampling
random group of people used to group the whole population
confounds
an outside issue having an effect on the IV test
replication
A study conducted again and again
operation definition
a test used to rate changes of off.
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chapter 1
Description
research methods.
Updated
2012-09-19T19:10:11Z
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