Research Methods

specifically stating how an experiment will be carried out in order for the experiment to be replicated

prediction of how two (or more) variables will relate

if the sample population has predetermined opinions towards the experiment

announcing you knew the outcome once the results are already clear. For example, once a team won an important game saying you knew all along that the team would win

a population that is chosen to represent the diversity of the whole population

repetition of methods used in a previous experiment to see if the results will be congruent (the same)

an in-depth examination of a rare instance/situation and cannot be applied to an entire population

number that summarizes a set of research data obtained from a sample

a type of experiment that can be handed out to the masses and is in question-answer format

arrangement of scores indicating the frequency of individual or group scores

all the individuals in the group which the study applies to

the average of the recorded scores

randomly choosing members of a population in order to give everyone an equal chance of being chosen

the middle score of the data once it is ordered by size

a type of experiment where the subject is observed in its natural state. For example, going on an African safari and observing the animals in their natural habitat