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| AIM | show 🗑
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| HYPOTHESIS | show 🗑
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| OBJECTIVE | show 🗑
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| show | THE KIND OF DATA YOU WHICH IS MEASURABLE - HOW MUCH, HOW MANY, HOW BIG ETC.
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| QUALITATIVE DATA | show 🗑
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| show | THE VARIABLE THAT THE EXPERIMENTER MEASURES
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| show | THE VARIABLE THAT THE EXPERIMENTER CONTROLS OR CHANGES; IT IS ASSUMED TO HAVE A DIRECT RESULT ON THE DV
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| show | CONTAINS A NUMBER OF STEPS THAT MOST RESEARCHERS GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THEIR RESEARCH
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| show | HAVING A PARTICULAR VIEWPOINT OF SOMETHING THAT EXCLUDES OTHER VIEWS AND IS ONE SIDED
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| show | BELIEVABLE AND WORTHY OF TRUST
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| REPLICABLE | show 🗑
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| MANIPULATES | show 🗑
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| CONTROL GROUP | show 🗑
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| EXPERIMENTAL GROUP | show 🗑
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| show | THE IV IS DELIBERATELY MANIPULATED AND THE DV MEASURED TO ESTABLISH WHETHER A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP IS PRESENT. THE CONDITIONS CAREFULLY CONTROLLED TO GET AN ACCURATE MEASURE.
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| show | A HYPOTHESIS IS MADE BUT CONDITIONS DETERMINED BY NATURE. THE VARIABLES ARE NOT CONTROLLED BY THE EXPERIMENTER. INSTEAD, A NATURALLY OCCURRING IV IS USED. USED IN SITUATIONS WHERE MANIPULATING IV WOULD BE UNETHICAL OR IMPRACTICAL (children/animals)
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| CONFEDERATE | show 🗑
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| show | TYPICAL OF THE GROUP THAT IS BEING STUDIED
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| SAMPLE | show 🗑
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| show | THE GATHERING OF A SAMPLE GROUP
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| TARGET POPULATION | show 🗑
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| show | A TECHNIQUE FOR ENSURING RELIABILITY BY USING TWO INDEPENDENT OBSERVERS AND COMPARING THEIR RESULTS
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| show | WHETHER OR NOT A MEASURE GIVES CONSISTENT RESULTS
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| show | WHETHER OR NOT A STUDY IS ACTUALLY MEASURING
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| CONFOUNDING VARIABLES | show 🗑
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| show | CUES GIVEN TO THE PARTICIPANT ABOUT HOW TO BEHAVE IN A STUDY
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| show | VARIABLES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE EXPERIMENT THAT COULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE DV
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| show | WHEN A PARTICIPANT'S PERFORMANCE INCREASES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE BEING WATCHED OR WHEN THEY REALISE THEY ARE PART OF AN EXPERIMENT
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