PSYC 255- Chapter 3 questions fully solved &updated

PSYC 255- Chapter 3 questions
fully solved &updated

variable - answer an attribute that varies, having at least two
levels, or values


level - answer one of the possible variations, or values, or a
variable


constant - answer an attribute that could potentially vary but that
has only one level in the study in question


measured variable - answer a variable in an experiment whose
levels (values) are observed and recorded


manipulated variable - answer a variable in an experiment that a
researcher controls, such as by assigning participants to its
different levels (values)


conceptual variable - answer a variable of interest, stated at an
abstract, or conversational, level. also called a construct


construct - answer a variable of interest, stated at an abstract
level, usually defined as part of a formal statement of a
psychological theory


conceptual definition - answer a researcher's definition of a
variable at the theoretical level


operational definition - answer the specific way in which a concept
of interest is measured or manipulated as a variable in a study