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Module 2: Research Methods and Statistical Thinking

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show Information is collected without changing the environment in any way  
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show Statistical measurement of the relationship between two different variables  
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Experimental   show
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Case Study   show
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Naturalistic Observation   show
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show Data collection tool to gather information about a subject or subjects  
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show Collecting data from resources that already exist  
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Longitudal   show
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show Looking at a lot of data/variables from one population at one time  
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show Federal regulations for the protection of human research participants  
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show Recognition of someone as an autonomous and free person  
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show The probability that the results happened by random chance  
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Independent Variable   show
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Dependent variable   show
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Cause and Effect   show
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show A variable that explains two random things correlated. Example: The sun is the cofounding variable between the correlation that melting ice cream leads to sunburns  
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Directionality   show
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show When a person is assigned to a study group in no certain pattern or with no reasoning  
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Generalizability   show
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Simple Random Sample   show
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Beneficence   show
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show The fair resolution when it comes to conflicts  
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show Numerical or measurable data  
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show Characteristic used to classify units  
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Reliability   show
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Validity   show
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show Individuals in a geographical area  
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Sample   show
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Mean   show
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show The measure of variability in a set of data  
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show A number used to estimate the level of relationship between two variables, -1 is negative correlation, 0 is no correlation, 1 is positive correlation  
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Convenience Sample   show
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Representative Sample   show
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show Belief of a cause and effect that isn't actually true  
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Control Group   show
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show A group that receives the experimental treatment (the independent variable or the impact of it in order to measure the significance of it)  
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show People chosen in a study by chance  
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show Errors in the research process or wrong interpretations of the results because of a researcher's beliefs or behaviors  
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show When behavior is changed because of a belief  
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Experimental Blinding   show
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