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3 major responsibilities of higher ed
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teaching, outreach, research
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a careful, systematic means of solving problems
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research
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research answers which 4 questions?
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IMRD- what was the problem, how was it studied, what were the findings, what do they mean
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What does IMRAD stand for
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Intro, Methods, Results, and Discussion
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everything that a particular university owns, specific items
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catalog, database
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what are the 5 characteristics research
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systematic, logical, empirical, reductive, replicable
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5 characteristics of applied research
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immediate problems, real-world setting, human subjects, limited control, results directly useful
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5 characteristics of basic/pure research
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theoretical problems, lab setting, animals, carefully controlled, results have limited direct application
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4 steps to problem-solving (scientific method)
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Develop the problem (delimit and define), Formulate the hypothesis, gather the data, Analyze and Interpret the results
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5 unscientific ways of problem-solving/acquiring data
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tenacity, intuition, authority, rationalistic method, empirical method
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Criteria in selecting a research problem?
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workability, critical mass, interest, theoretical value, practical value
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what are 3 areas in developing the problem and using literature
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ID the problem, develop hypothesis, and develop the method
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what is a paper written by an expert in a field that is a compilation
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review paper
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what are 5 guidelines for finding a topic
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be aware of research at your university, be alert for controversial issues, read a review paper, read other research studies/papers, make a list of unanswered questions
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gives some examples of primary and secondary sources
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primary: refereed journals; secondary: textbooks, review articles
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what are two aspects of literature review
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criticism and completeness
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what is the differences between references and bibliography
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reference is only what appears in the article and bibliography is everything that you have read
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about how many words should you have for a title (APA)
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12
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give examples of waste words
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a study of, an examination of
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what tense is the proposal in
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present tense
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what three places could you find the purpose statement in?
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abstract, introduction, discussion
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which variable is activitely manipulated by the researcher
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independent variable
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which variable is known as the moderator or organismic variable
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categorical variable
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give an example of a categorical variable
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age, sex, race, socioeconomic status
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give an example of a control variable
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gender specific study
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what is another name for the null hypothesis
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statistical hypothesis
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What are the two types of hypothesis
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research hyp and null hyp
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what defines the scope or boundary of a study and is similar to workability
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delimitations
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shortcoming that prevent generalization of results
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limitations
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what are some differences between a thesis and a research article?
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length, how much you are allowed to cite
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what are 3 categories of IRB review
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exempt, expedited, full board review
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what are 4 rights in protecting human subjects
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privacy/nonparticipation, anonymity, confidentiality, experimenter responsibility
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what info should be included in the methods section
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instruments, apparatus, "tasks"; procedures; design and analysis
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what is the most important advice in the textbook
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pilot work
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what are the seven areas of scientific dishonesty
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plagiarism, fabrication/falsification, nonpublication of data, faulty data-gathering procedures, poor data storage and retention, misleading authorship, unacceptable publication practices
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what are 3 categories of IRB review
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exempt, expedited, full board review
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what are 4 rights in protecting human subjects
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privacy/nonparticipation, anonymity, confidentiality, experimenter responsibility
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what info should be included in the methods section
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instruments, apparatus, "tasks"; procedures; design and analysis
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what is the most important advice in the textbook
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pilot work
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what are the seven areas of scientific dishonesty
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plagiarism, fabrication/falsification, nonpublication of data, faulty data-gathering procedures, poor data storage and retention, misleading authorship, unacceptable publication practices
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what do mistakes and misconduct lead to
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remedial activity, sanctions
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