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RMS exam 1

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Goals of Beh Research   Description/Predicting/Explaining/Controlling  
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Scientific Approach Requires   Systematic Empiricism/ Public Verification/ Testability  
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Measurement   operational definitions  
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Theory   educated guess  
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a good theory   parsimonious/ falsifiable  
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proof   logical impossibility  
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disproof   practical impossibility  
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Descriptive research   answers "what"- polls  
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correlational research   relationship?  
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experimental research   causes (IV and DV)  
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quasi-experimental   can't manipulate IV  
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inferential statistics   did something happen by chance?  
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variance   amount but not type/ sum(x-Xbar)/n-1  
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error variance   factors not being investigated  
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Cohen's small   .01  
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Cohen's medium   .06  
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Cohen's large   >.15  
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behavioral measures   what subjects do  
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nominal   naming/no order  
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ordinal   order  
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interval   relative distance btw ratings  
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ratio   divide & multiply quantities  
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most stats measures require at least   interval measures  
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reliability   consistency  
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test-retest reliability   same individual test many times= variability btw scores= error variance  
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interitem relaibility   randomly chosen halves have similar  
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interrater reliability   two diff observers' measurements similar  
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validity   variable has been accurately measured and manipulated- logically appropriate  
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construct validity   measurement must asses what you think you are measuring  
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choose a task for which you will see a _______ of performance   range  
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how to mislead with graphs   non-zero/diff scales/average values/log scale  
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nominal scale calls for   mode  
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standard error   s/√n  
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operational definition   specific enough to replicate  
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induction   specific to general  
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morgan's canon   animals non anthropomorphed  
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error variance   pooled  
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converging operations   common conclusions  
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types of measures   physiological/behavioral/self-reports  
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