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Comparison Group |
A group in an experiment whose level on the independent variable differs from those of the treatment group in some intended and meaningful way. |
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Confound |
A general term for a potential alternative explanation for a research finding (a threat to internal validity. |
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Confederate |
An actor who is directed by the researcher to play a specific role in a research study. |
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Probabilistic |
Describing the empirical method, stating that science is intended to explain a certain proportion (but not necessarily all) of the possible cases. |
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Availability Heuristic |
The tendency to rely predominantly on evidence that easily comes to mind rather than use all possible evidence in evaluating a conclusion. |
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Present/Present Bias |
The tendency to rely only on evidence that is present (for example, instances in which both a treatment and a desired outcome are present) and ignore evidence that is absent (for example, instances in which a treatment is absent or the desired outcome is absent) when evaluating the support fora conclusion. |
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Confirmatory Hypothesis Testing |
The tendency to ask only the questions that will lead to the expected answer. |
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Bias Blind Spot |
The tendency for people to think that compared to others, they are less likely to engage in biased reasoning. |
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Empirical Journal Article |
A scholarly article that reports for the first time the results of a research study. |
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Review Journal Article |
An article summarizing all the studies that have been published in one research area. |
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Meta-Analysis |
A way of mathematically averaging the effect sizes of all the studies that have tested the same variables to see what conclusion that whole body of evidence supports. |
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Effect Size |
The magnitude of a relationship between two or more variables. |
