NSU Chapter 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | A broad idea or set of closely related ideas that attempts to explain certain observations.
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| variable | show 🗑
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| show | An objective description of how a research variable is going to be measured and observed
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| show | An idea that is arrived at logically from a theory. It is a prediction that can be tested.
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| population | show 🗑
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| sample | show 🗑
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| show | Observation of behavior in real-world settings with no effort made to manipulate or control the situation.
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| standardized test | show 🗑
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| case study | show 🗑
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| show | A research strategy that identifies the relationships between two or more variables in order to describe how these variables change together.
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| longitudinal design | show 🗑
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| show | A carefully regulated procedure in which one or more variables believed to influence the behavior being studied are manipulated while all other variables are held constant.
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| independent variable | show 🗑
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| dependent variable | show 🗑
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| show | A group in the research study whose experience is manipulated.
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| show | A comparison group that is as much like the experimental group as possible and is treated in every way like the experimental group except for the manipulated factor.
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| descriptive statistics | show 🗑
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| mean | show 🗑
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| show | A statistical measure of central tendency that falls exactly in the middle of a distribution of scores after they have been arranged or ranked from highest to lowest.
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| mode | show 🗑
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| show | A statistical measure of variability that is the distance between the highest and lowest scores.
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| standard deviation | show 🗑
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