Psy 350 Exam 1 Csu – Questions With Appropriate
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1 Theory 2 continuous variables
3 three establishing rules 4 body of zscore
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-explanation of relationships among variables (Why,
Theory how, process - explanation)
-not guesses or established facts
-specific prediction about a pattern you expect to see
Hypothesis in your data (Usually involves a comparison)
-follows logically from a theory but more specific
-attributes of people of situations that vary and can take
variables
of different values
, -naturally occurring
situational variables
-can be manipulated in a research study
1. varying situations
three establishing rules 2. differing values
3. individual differences
1. at least one variable is manipulated
what two characteristics
2. participants are randomly assigned to a value of that
define a true experiment
variable
experimental: involve variable manipulation
experimental vs.
correlational: naturally occurring situations without
correlational
manipulation variables
what is the main advantage -good at ruling out alternative explanations
of experimental research -cause and effect claims
population: group of people you want to make
population vs. sample conclusions about
sample: group of people that participated in study
-allow for people to be divided into groups
grouping variables
-2 to 5 Ss
-have people fall along a continuum
continuous variables
-logical order
-separate indivisibles categories
discrete variable -no in-between values
-treatment conditions, hair color, country of origin
-cannot naturally divide people into groups
-continuum
continuous variables
-not easy to manipulate
-temp, height, distance
-set of categories with different names
nominal/categorical -no natural or differentiate them
-major, ethnicity, favorite ice cream flavor
-variable that consists of categories organized in an
ordinal ordered sequence
-place in a race (1st, 2nd, 3rd) but time in between varies
-consists of ordered categories exactly the same size
-no natural zero point
interval
-most sets work with interval or ratio data
-temperature
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Practice questions for this set
Learn 1 /7 Study with Learn
-larger area
Choose an answer
1 Theory 2 continuous variables
3 three establishing rules 4 body of zscore
Don't know?
Terms in this set (54)
-explanation of relationships among variables (Why,
Theory how, process - explanation)
-not guesses or established facts
-specific prediction about a pattern you expect to see
Hypothesis in your data (Usually involves a comparison)
-follows logically from a theory but more specific
-attributes of people of situations that vary and can take
variables
of different values
, -naturally occurring
situational variables
-can be manipulated in a research study
1. varying situations
three establishing rules 2. differing values
3. individual differences
1. at least one variable is manipulated
what two characteristics
2. participants are randomly assigned to a value of that
define a true experiment
variable
experimental: involve variable manipulation
experimental vs.
correlational: naturally occurring situations without
correlational
manipulation variables
what is the main advantage -good at ruling out alternative explanations
of experimental research -cause and effect claims
population: group of people you want to make
population vs. sample conclusions about
sample: group of people that participated in study
-allow for people to be divided into groups
grouping variables
-2 to 5 Ss
-have people fall along a continuum
continuous variables
-logical order
-separate indivisibles categories
discrete variable -no in-between values
-treatment conditions, hair color, country of origin
-cannot naturally divide people into groups
-continuum
continuous variables
-not easy to manipulate
-temp, height, distance
-set of categories with different names
nominal/categorical -no natural or differentiate them
-major, ethnicity, favorite ice cream flavor
-variable that consists of categories organized in an
ordinal ordered sequence
-place in a race (1st, 2nd, 3rd) but time in between varies
-consists of ordered categories exactly the same size
-no natural zero point
interval
-most sets work with interval or ratio data
-temperature
