Research Methods EXAM QUESTIONS
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scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A data-gathering method
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that involves testing a hypothesis by means of careful measurement and
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controlled observation.
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hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A testable prediction of the
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relationship between two variables. | | |
variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any event, condition or characteristic
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that changes (varies) or can be made to change.
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participants - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The people or animals whose
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behaviour, characteristics or responses are investigated and measured
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as part of an experiment.
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data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The observed facts that constitute the
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results of an experiment.
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raw data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The actual data collected from a
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study, before it is sorted or analysed.
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, conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A decision or judgement about the
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meaningfulness of the results of the study. | | | | | |
inferential statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Statistics that allow an
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experimenter to make inferences and conclusions about data; they are
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often used to interpret results of a study.
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experimental method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A scientific research
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method that uses participants in a formal trial to confirm or disconfirm a
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hypothesis.
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experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A research method that involves
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gathering data under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis by
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exposing participants to a treatment and observing and measuring its
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effect.
experimental group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In a controlled experiment,
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the group of participants exposed to the independent variable.
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independent variable (IV) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The condition that an
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|experimenter systematically manipulates (changes or varies) in order to
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gauge its effect on another variable (the dependent variable).
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scientific method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A data-gathering method
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that involves testing a hypothesis by means of careful measurement and
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controlled observation.
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hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A testable prediction of the
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relationship between two variables. | | |
variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any event, condition or characteristic
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that changes (varies) or can be made to change.
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participants - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The people or animals whose
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behaviour, characteristics or responses are investigated and measured
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as part of an experiment.
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data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The observed facts that constitute the
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results of an experiment.
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raw data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The actual data collected from a
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study, before it is sorted or analysed.
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, conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A decision or judgement about the
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meaningfulness of the results of the study. | | | | | |
inferential statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Statistics that allow an
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experimenter to make inferences and conclusions about data; they are
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often used to interpret results of a study.
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experimental method - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A scientific research
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method that uses participants in a formal trial to confirm or disconfirm a
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hypothesis.
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experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A research method that involves
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gathering data under controlled conditions to test a hypothesis by
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exposing participants to a treatment and observing and measuring its
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effect.
experimental group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In a controlled experiment,
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the group of participants exposed to the independent variable.
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independent variable (IV) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The condition that an
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|experimenter systematically manipulates (changes or varies) in order to
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gauge its effect on another variable (the dependent variable).
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