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Exam FRQ 1

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Term
Definition
Mean   Average- Add all # up, then divide  
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Median   Middle Point in a data set  
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Longitudinal Study   researchers repeatedly examine the same individuals to detect any changes that might occur over a period of time.  
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Cross Sectional Study   research that involves different groups of people who do not share the same variable of interest (like the variable you're focusing on) but who do share other relevant variables.  
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Discrpitive Data   examples in a research study include the mean, median, and mode. accurately summarize and describe samples of data.  
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Longitudinal Data   researchers repeatedly examine the same individuals to detect any changes that might occur over a period of time.  
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Survey Study   study in which a group of participants is selected from a population and data about or opinions from those participants are collected, measured, and analyzed.  
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Case Study   a thorough study of a single person, community or event that relies on observations, facts and experiments to gather information.  
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Random Selection   everyone in the group stands an equal chance of being chosen to minimize any bias.  
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Assigment Selection   to assign subjects to groups. Using random methods, subjects are assigned to either an experimental group, which will receive an experimental treatment and be observed, or the control group, which is observed under normal, non-experimental conditions.  
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Experiment Study   involves the manipulation of an independent variable, the measurement of a dependent variable, and the exposure of various participants to one or more of the conditions being studied.  
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Correlational Study   a type of research design that looks at the relationships between two or more variables.  
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Double Blind   one in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment.  
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Single Blind   patients do not know which study group they are in  
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