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25 Cards in this Set
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An explain-first-and-verify-later approach is a... method.
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Deductive
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The degree to which a measuring instrument measures what it is supposed to measure.
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Validity
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The degree to which a new test correlates with an established test of known validity.
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Concurrent validity
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A mesure of test validity based on a complete examination of all test items to determine if the items adequately sample the full range of the skills being tested and if the items are relevant to measuring what the test measures.
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Content validity
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The consistency with which the same event is measured repeatedly.
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Reliability
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Consistency of measures when the same test is administered to the same people twice.
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Test-retest reliability
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A measure of internal consistency of a test.
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Split-half reliability
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The extent to which the same observer repeatedly measures the same event consistently.
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Intrajudge reliability
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The extent to which two or more observers agree in measuring an event.
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Interjudge reliability
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What does an r=.2 indicate?
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A weak positive correlation between the two measures.
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What research method can determine a cause-effect relationship?
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An experiment?
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What would be the best design to determine which treatment is more effective when testing two independent variables?
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ABACA/ACABA
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After-the-fact research is know as...
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Ex post facto research
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What is one downfall to ex post facto research?
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Research does not have control over independent variables.
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Which research design examines individuals in depth to illustrate important principles that might be overlooked in group studies?
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Case study design
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Which research design examines data already on file?
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Retrospective research
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Which design measures the behaviors of two or more types of subjects at one point in time to draw conclusions about the similarities or differences between those subjects?
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Comparative Research
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Through what research design does the researcher investigate relationships or associations between variables?
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Correlational Research
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The degree to which data in a study reflect a true cause-effect relationship?
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Internal validity
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Problems with measuring instruments that threaten internal validity refers to...
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Instrumentation
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Mortality or loss of subjects as the experiment progresses is also known as
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Attrition
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Changes within subjects themselves refers to...
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Maturation
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Generalizability to various settings, populations, treatment variables, and measurement variables refers to...
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External validity
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The dispersion or spread in a set of data is known as...
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Variability
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The extent to which scores deviate from the mean or average scores is known as...
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Standard deviation
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