Research Methods
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- Q1specifically stating how an experiment will be carried out in order for the experiment to be replicatedoperational definition30s
- Q2prediction of how two (or more) variables will relatehypothesis30s
- Q3if the sample population has predetermined opinions towards the experimentsampling bias30s
- Q4announcing 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 winhindsight bias30s
- Q5a population that is chosen to represent the diversity of the whole populationrepresentative sample30s
- Q6repetition of methods used in a previous experiment to see if the results will be congruent (the same)replication30s
- Q7an in-depth examination of a rare instance/situation and cannot be applied to an entire populationcase study30s
- Q8number that summarizes a set of research data obtained from a sampledescriptive statistics30s
- Q9a type of experiment that can be handed out to the masses and is in question-answer formatsurvey30s
- Q10arrangement of scores indicating the frequency of individual or group scoresfrequency distribution30s
- Q11all the individuals in the group which the study applies topopulation30s
- Q12the average of the recorded scoresmean30s
- Q13randomly choosing members of a population in order to give everyone an equal chance of being chosenrandom sample30s
- Q14the middle score of the data once it is ordered by sizemedian30s
- Q15a 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 habitatnaturalistic observation30s