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31 Cards in this Set
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Claim
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Assertion or Conclusion
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Warrant
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Connects claims and evidence
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Research
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Testing and questioning what we know and don't know.
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Positivist Paradigm
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Singular/Obj
Indep Value-free unbiased Quantitative Formal/Impersonal Voice |
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Naturalist Paradigm
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Multiple
Interdependent Value laden and biased Qualitative Informal/Personal Voice |
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Communication
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how we send verbal and nonverbal messages
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applied research
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Can't be used as general research
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Basic research
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tests theories
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Variable
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concept with two or more values
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Indp Variable
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concept that influences the variable
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Dependent variable
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Variable that comes from the indp variable.
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Ordered Variable
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can be assigned numbers, age, weight
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nominal variable
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can be classified in terms of gender, race, etc.
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Hpothesis
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a tent answer about the nature of two variables
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non directional hypothesis
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it doesn't specify the nature of the relationship
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Interaction effects
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effects cause by multiple ind variables.
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Meta Analytic
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summarizes alot of studies
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Operationalization
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Identify and determine how to measure what you want to study.
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Conceptual Defin
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describes what something means by relating it to other concepts (like love is a deep feeling toward another person)
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Operational Defin
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describing a concept in how it will be measured like love will mean (holding hands)
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Conceptual fit
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strong linkage between conceptual and operational defin.
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Measurment
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determing character, size, quantity of researches observations.
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Triangulation
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study something in multiple ways with a single study
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Measurement Scale
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assigning numbers or symbols to designate charateristics
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Nominal Measurement scale
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classifies a variable into different categories
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Internal validity
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accuracy drawn from a particular study
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external validity
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can conclusions from a particular study be applied to other people/places, etc.
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Reliability coefficient
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provides a numerical indi that determines the relaiability or error of the study. .70 or greater it is reliable.
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internal consistency
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items on a measurement give similar results
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criterion related validity
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when one measurement technique gives the same results as another measurement that is valid.
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Ecological Validity
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The extent to which the conditions simulated in the laboratory reflect real life conditions
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