Research And Writing Exam 1

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Operational definition

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Definition of an abstract concept used by a researcher to measure or manipulate the concept in a research study

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Intuition

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Common sense

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Authority

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Media

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Empiricism

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Knowledge through observation and experiment

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Determinism

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All behavior has an identifiable cause

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Parsimony

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Simple explanation is most accurate and concise

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Testability

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Ideas only tested through observation through scientific method

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Basic research

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Understand fundamental behaviors

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Applied research

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Helps solve real world problems

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Randomization

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Participants are randomly assigned to levels of the independent variable in an experiment to control for individual differences as an extraneous variable

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Types of Manipulation

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Presence/ absence

Bivalent independent variable

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Presence/ absence

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Presence or absence of treatment or gender

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Bivalent independent variable

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Simplest type of independent variable. Independent variable with two levels.

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Comparison/ control

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Control group

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Manipulation

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Variable that operate in an experiment

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Reliability

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Consistency, ability, and repeatability

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Independent variable

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What's manipulated or what's causing the change

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Dependent variable

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Measured or observed

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Data collection techniques

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Survey/ questionnaire

Interview

Archival data

Systematic observation

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systematic observation

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Observing behavior cognitive and biological

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NOIR

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Nominal

Ordinal

Interval

Ratio

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Nominal

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Simple/ non ordered categories/ qualitative/ ex. Gender, race, mood

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Ordinal

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Ordered categories/ order of rank not equally spaced

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Interval

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Numerical response/ equally spaced/ likert scale

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Ratio

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Have absolute zero

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Beneficence

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Reduction of risk of harm to the participants and compared with the benefit of the study

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Respect

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Provides information about the study before it begins. Obtain voluntary consent from participant after they are informed

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Justice

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Selection of participants must be fair. All participant groups must have opportunity to receive benefits of research.

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Stanford prison study

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1973/ zimbardo wanted to know how roles are given and how they affect our behavior. Planned for two weeks ended earlier

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Milgrams 1963 study

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Electric shocker. Most people did highest voltage

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IRB

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Institution review board

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Debriefing

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Answer questions and risks/ reduce harm/ protect after they have left

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Qualitative

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Non numerical/ varies by class

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Quantitative

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Numerical varies about amount

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Construct validity

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Accurate measurement

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Validity

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Choice of measurement/ accuracy/ high construct validity

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Cofounding variables

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Other explanation besides what being measured

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Experimental

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Randomization/ Manipulation/ comparison and control/ cause and affect

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Quasiexperimental

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Type of research design where a comparison is made, as in an experiment but no random assignment of subject to groups occurs/ relationships between pre-existing variables

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Nonexperimental

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Describes and predicts/ no Manipulation/ no control

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Internal validity

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How well study demonstrates cause

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External validity

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How well it applies outside the study