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11 Cards in this Set
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Control Group |
Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment. |
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Correlation Study |
Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur |
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Descriptive Research |
Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about the topic of interest |
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External Validity |
Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to real-life situations |
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Internal Validity |
The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question, rather than to other factors |
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Negative Correlation |
Relationship in which high levels of one variable corresponds to low levels of another |
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Pedagogy |
The study of learning and teaching with applications to the instructional process |
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Randomized Field Experiment |
Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs |
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Theory |
A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena |
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Variable |
Something that can have more than one value |
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Uncorrelated Variable |
Variables for which there is no relationship between levels of one compared to another |
