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Define: Operational Definition
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A definition that defines a concept in terms of the steps and procedures used to measure that concept
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Define: Descriptive Research
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The methods used to measure and describe aspects of behavior and experience.
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Define: Reactivity
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The extent to which an inidvidual reacts to being observed
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Define: External Validity
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how real an experiment is relating from lab to real life
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Define: Correlation Coefficient
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A stat that indicates whether two variables are related or vary together in a systematic way.
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Define: Internal Validity
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The extent to which an experiments has effectively controlled for confounding variables
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Define: Variability
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A measure of how much the scores in a data set differ from one another
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Define: Descriptive Stats
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Mathematical techniques that help researchers describe and summerize their data
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Define: Inferential Stats
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math technniques that help researchers estimate the likelihood that recorded behaviours are representative of a population or the likelihood that differences or relationships between observations are due to chance
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What are two points that say that Animal Research is OK?
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1. Research has potential for knowledge
2. Researchers must minimize distress of animal |
