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20 Cards in this Set
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What is the method that experiments first and explain later?
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Inductive method
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What is the method that explains first and experiments later?
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Deductive method
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What is construct validity?
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Construct validity is the degree to which test scores are consistent with the theoretical constructs or concepts.
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What is content validity?
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Content validity is the systematic examination of all test items to determine if they adequately sample the full range of skills being tested.
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True or False. reliability refers to consistency.
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True
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List if these statements are true or false.
1. An r value of 0.00 indicates there is no relationship between 2 measures. 2. The highest possible value of r is 1.00. 3. The lowest possible value of r is -1.00. |
1. An r value of 0.00 indicates there is no relationship. between 2 measures. True
2. The highest possible value of r is 1.00. True 3. The lowest possible value of r is -1.00. True |
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True or Fasle. Experiemental designs are not useful in isolating cause-effect relationships between variables.
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False
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What design is used in a single subject experimental design?
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ABA design
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What is after the fact research called?
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Ex post facto
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True or False. In longitudinal research, different participants are studied over time.
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False.
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List the variables that may affect the internal validity of a study.
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1. Instrumentation
2. History 3. Statistical Regression 4. Maturation 5. Attrition 6. Testing |
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What is the Hawthorne effect?
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The Hawthorne effect is the extent to which a study's results are affected by the participants' knowledge that they are taking part in an experiment or that they are being treated differently than usual.
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Name the scale in which the numerical values can be arranged according to ranks and be related to an absolute zero point.
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A ratio scale
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What level of evidence is a randomized clinical trial?
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Class 1 evidence
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What is statistical regression to the mean?
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Statistical regression to the mean refers to the behavior that goes from an extreme high or low point to an average level
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True or False.Ethnographic researches are inexpensive and yields data that are easily quantified.
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False
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What is a hypothesis that states that two variables are related called?
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An alternative hyposthesis
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The difference between the highest and lowest scores in a distribution of scores is called what?
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A range
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Define standard deviation.
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Standard deviation is the extent to which scores deviate from the mean or average score.
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What is the term used to describe the extent to which the same observer repeatedly measures the same event consistently?
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Intraobserver or intrajudge reliability
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