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What are four essential characteristics of the scientific method?
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1. Empirical
2. Objective 3. Systematic 4. Contolled |
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What is probabilistic statistical determinism?
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Use of probability to determine if experimental results differ significantly from what one would expect to see by chance
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Define "data-driven"
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Conclusions are based on data, i.e. objective information
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What three assumptions about behavior underlie behavioral research?
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1. Behavior is lawful
2. Behavior is determined 3. Behavior is understandable |
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What is the difference between induction and deduction?
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*Deduction uses general information to predict specific outcomes
*Induction uses specific events to construct more general theories |
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What are three important attributes of a good theory?
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1. Productivity - generates a lot of research possibilities
2. Possibility of falsification 3. Parsimony - requires as few constructs and assumptions as possible |
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What is the relationship between theory and data?
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Theories may be used to predict specific events;
observations of these events become data; the properties of that data can be used to improve the theory |
