Natural Science Lab Exam 1
independent variable - Answer -variable being manipulated
dependent variable - Answer -thing we are measuring
experimental group - Answer -group that receives the manipulation
control group - Answer -does not receive the manipulation
operational definition - Answer -the measurable definition
problems with designing questionnaires - Answer -multi faced questions, biased wording, being too
vague, too long
impersonal; cannot prevent untruthful answers; confined by offered options
question types - Answer -open v. closed
dichotomous
ordinal
multiple option
filter questions
likert scale
independent variable - Answer -variable being manipulated
dependent variable - Answer -thing we are measuring
experimental group - Answer -group that receives the manipulation
control group - Answer -does not receive the manipulation
operational definition - Answer -the measurable definition
problems with designing questionnaires - Answer -multi faced questions, biased wording, being too
vague, too long
impersonal; cannot prevent untruthful answers; confined by offered options
question types - Answer -open v. closed
dichotomous
ordinal
multiple option
filter questions
likert scale