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18 Cards in this Set
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What are the 4 methods we use to acquire knowledge? |
Authority, reasoning, intuition, and the scientific method. |
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How does authority determine our understanding? |
By assertion of tradition or because source is a person of distinction. |
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How does rationalism affect our understanding? |
Assuming that conclusions are true if premises are. |
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How does intuition affect our understanding? |
With sudden insight. |
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How does the scientific method affect our understanding? |
By using both reasoning and intuition. It is testable. |
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Define population. |
Complete set o individuals, objects, or scores that the investigator wants to study. |
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Define sample. |
Subset of the population. |
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Define variable. |
Any property or characteristic of some person, object, or event that may have different values at different times depending on the conditions. |
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Define independent variable. |
The variable that is systematically manipulated by the investigator. |
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Define dependent variable. |
The variable that the investigator measures to determine the effort the IV. |
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Define data |
The measurements that are made on the subjects of an experiment. |
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Define statistic. |
A number calculated on sample data that quantifies a characteristic of the sample. |
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Define parameter. |
A number calculated on population data that quantifies a characteristic of the population. |
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Which study type seeks to obtain an accurate description of the situation? |
Naturalistic observation |
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Which type of study is conducted on samples to estimate the level of one or more population characteristics? |
Parameter estimation research |
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Which type of study focuses on two or more variables to determine if they are related? |
Correlation study |
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What kind of analysis is done for the purpose of describing or characterising the data? |
Descriptive statistics |
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What kind of analysis allows us to use obtained data to make inferences or draw conclusions about populations? |
Inferential statistics |
