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14 Cards in this Set
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Hypothesis |
Testable prediction about the relationship between 2 or more variables |
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Double blind technique |
Keep both participants and research assistants from knowing which treatment is being administered |
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Moderator variables |
Intensify, weaken, or reverse a relationship |
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Mediating variable |
A mental mechanism by which the stimulus affects the response |
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Linear regression analysis |
Shows the extent to which changes in one variable are accompanied by changes in another variable |
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Experimental Design |
Treatment manipulation in which the manipulation is the only variable that changes between treatment conditions |
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Power |
the ability to find statistical differences between two participant groups when differences do exist |
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Results section includes statistics, such as... |
average score=mean variability=standard deviation; normal distribution |
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Manipulation check |
questions designed to judge whether participants interpreted the manipulation the way the researchers intended |
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Did our hypothesis win/lose? (where is it?) |
results |
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How does our hypothesis winning/losing affect us? |
Found in the discussion section |
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3 things that relate to discussion |
1-real world 2-theory 3-future research |
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how long effects last |
external validity |
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this section relates to the big picture questions |
discussion section |
