Stats Test 1

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Start of chapter 2 Sources of research include - and -. --: -- observation of --/-- behaviour. --: -- -- observations, --, --, --,--.

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Unsystematic and Systematic observation. Unsystematic: causual observation of animal/ human behaviour. Systematic: carefully planned personal observvations, published research reports, ongoing reserch, previous or own.

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Developing research questions-- observations such questions are --, and terms must be-- --.

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Ojective observation such questions are empirical. And terms must be operationally defined.

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Research is important if 3. Unimportant if 3.

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1)Clarify relationship amoung variables 2) Support only one hypothesis 3) answer leads to practical application. 1) answer already firmly established 2)variables are known to have a small effect/ theoritcal interest 3)variables not believed to be causally related

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Hypothesis: a -- -- about a relationship subjected to -- -- law: relationship that has recievced -- -- and not subjected to 00, model: -- implimention of a general theory.

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Hypothesis: specific statment, empirical testing. Substantial support, disconfirmation. Specific implimenation

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Theories play an important role in science 3)

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1) to help us to understand phenomena 3)predict relationships 4)organize and interpret data- even if not correct

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A good theory must be

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1)Must account for most of the datat within its domain 2)Explanatory relevance-- believable 3)Must be testifiable empirically 4)Account for novel explanation- n for new. 5) must be parcimonious

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Theory is a set of related -- about the causes of a -- and the -- that specify how - - --.

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assumptions phenomenon, rules specific causes act.

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Ways of testing theories 3)

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Confirmationa: more confidence in a theory proves what it set out to prove, expected outcomes do occur. Disconfirmational unexpected outcomes do occur. Stong infernce, pitting opposing theories against each other.

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Start of Chapter 4

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