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null hypothesis   is the option that the researcher got the result that they did just by chance. In other words, nothing caused the results to be different from what you’d expect to get just by chance. It was just an accident.  
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alternative hypothesis   that something other than chance caused the results to look they way they do. It’s not just an accident that the results look the way they do. Something made it happen.  
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alpha level   The researcher has to decide just how unlikely the null hypothesis has to be to get them to not believe that it’s true. The odds the researcher decides to use in this situation are referred to as the this for the decision.  
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expected frequency   the frequency you would expect to get by chance  
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observed frequency   the number of times that outcome actually occurred in your data  
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construct   the quality or the aspect of a person that you would like to be able to measure.  
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true score   the place where the person really is on the scale going from the lowest possible score to the highest possible score. The score that we obtain is just a best guess as to what the person’s true score really is.  
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construct validity   The test is measuring the construct it is supposed to measure.  
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convergent validity   The measure is strongly correlated with other measures of the same construct. Example: a new measure of depression is strongly correlated with other established measures of depression.  
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discriminant validity   The new test is uncorrelated with other tests that are clearly designed to measure different constructs.  
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positive relationship   When higher scores on one variable are associated with higher scores on a second variable, we’d say that there is a positive relationship between the two variable  
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negative relationship   it’s a situation where higher scores on one variable tend to go along with having lower scores on the other variable.  
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no relationship   the two variables have nothing to do with each other, as in this case, one’s answer about the direction of the relationship  
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perfect relationship   when the points in the scatterplot fall on a perfectly straight line that’s going either up or down.The variables would tell you everything you needed to know in order to make a perfect guess about their score for the other variable  
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strong relationship   If you run a straight line through the points in the scatterplot and line runs pretty close to those points, but not right through all of them you’d say that you were dealing with this  
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cross-product   When you multiply a person’s deviation score for variable X by their deviation score for variable Y you end up with a value that statisticians refer to as this  
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covariance   the name for the mean of a bunch of cross-products  
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third variable problem   is that the researcher may not have measured scores for this third variable, in which case the researcher has no way of knowing the true cause of the relationship between X and Y.  
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reliability   Is the test consistent? Can we count on the scores from the test?  
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validity   does the test measure what it is suppose to measure?  
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domain of sampling   the full set of information to assess a construct  
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where does the error come from   test construction, test administration, and test scoring and interpretation  
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test construction   the measure may contain info from a different construct and not obtain all the info relevant to the construct  
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test administrationg   differences in test materials, testing conditions, and differences about the examiner  
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internal consistancy   all the items are measuring the same construct  
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cronbachs alpha   average correlation among the items  
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time-order relationship   cause====>effect, cant know which variable occurred first  
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loaded question   includes non-neutral or emotionally laden terms. EX: what is your opinion about the hideous new statue?  
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leading question   attempts to influence the response. EX: shouldnt first year students be aloud to bring a car to campus?  
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double barreled question   ask for more than one piece of information in a single item  
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open-ended question   leaves it up to the subject of info theyre going to give you, not restricting range of responses theyre going to give you. EX: counselor---> ask patient  
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close-ended   ask someone specifically what meds the person takes, give options like 8 meds and they check ones that apply to them, researcher determines possbile responses  
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partially open-ended   "other" is added as an alternate response. questionnaire that says race and gives you a list and at the bottom it says other in case none apply to you.  
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rating scale   not verbal response, rate responses w/ a number.  
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likert rating scale   to what degree does the respondent agrees with the statement. Strongly agree to strongly disagree.  
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random selection   every member of the population has an equal chance of being in the sample  
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stratified random sample   identify various members in a population, each in a different category, make sure the same amount are in each category. 40% males 60% females, you would sample randomly from all males and make sure you have 40 in that sample.  
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test-retest reliability   if you take a test a second time--the scores should vary within the same range as the first time.  
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split-half reliability   compare odd and even scores  
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