IDS 270 Exam 1 Vocab Questions with Verified
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Observational study
observing the behavior or ask people questions as they are going about their day to day lives.
Experiment
impose a treatment on people and then observe their behavior or ask questions
Confounded variables
two variables where the effect of one on the dependent variable cannot be separated from the
effect of the other.
Population
the set of everything
sample
a small group pulled from the population
voluntary response sampling
people volunteer to give data for a study.
convenience sampling
people are selected to be in a sample because of convenience or low expense.
bias
systematically favoring a certain outcome from research
simple random sampling
Correct Answers
Observational study
observing the behavior or ask people questions as they are going about their day to day lives.
Experiment
impose a treatment on people and then observe their behavior or ask questions
Confounded variables
two variables where the effect of one on the dependent variable cannot be separated from the
effect of the other.
Population
the set of everything
sample
a small group pulled from the population
voluntary response sampling
people volunteer to give data for a study.
convenience sampling
people are selected to be in a sample because of convenience or low expense.
bias
systematically favoring a certain outcome from research
simple random sampling