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| Descriptive research method in which the behavior of people or animals is studied as it occurs life it's everyday natural environment |
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| Descriptive research method in wbeaching behavior of people is studied as it occurs in its everyday natural environment and the researcher become a part of the group being observed |
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| Can occur when preconceived ideas held by the researcher affect the nature of the observation made |
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| List of behaviors with predefined operational definitions that researchers are trained to use in an observational study |
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| The degree of agreement between two or more observers of the same event |
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| A procedure in observational research in which behavior is sampled only during predefined times (eg every 10 minutes) |
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| A procedure in observational research in which only certain types of behaviors occurring under precisely defined conditions are sampled |
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| Occurs when participants' behaviors is influenced by the knowledge that they are being observed and their behavior is being recorded in some fashion |
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| Any measure of behavior thbanyan be recorded without participants knowing that their behavior is being observed |
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| A descriptive method in which participaask are asked a series of of questions or respond to a serious of statements about some topic |
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| A non-probability sample in which the researcher requests volunteers from a group of people who meet the general requirements of the study; used in most psychological research except when specific estimates of populaclue values need to be made |
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| All members of an identifiable group |
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| Some portion of subset of a population |
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| Method of selecting research participants according to some systematic sampling procedure |
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| A sample with characteristics that match those same attributes as they exist in the population |
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| A sample that is not a representative of the population |
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| In surveys, when the sample is composed of only those who voluntarily choose to respond, the results can be a biased sample |
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| A probablity sample in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected as a member of the sample |
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| A probablity sampletha is random, with the restriction that important subgroups are proportionately represented in the sample |
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| A non-probability sample in which the proportions of some subgroups in the sample are the same as those subgroups proportion in the population |
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| A probability sample randomly selects clusters of people having some feature in common and tests all people within the selected cluster |
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| A survey method in which the researcher interviews the participants face to face; allows more in depth surveying |
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| A survey method in which the researcher asks questions over the phone |
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| A marketing strategy in which an attempt to sell a product is made by disguising the sales pitch with what appears to be a legitimate survey; the term is short for selling under the guise of a survey |
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| Any survey research that is conducted over the Internet; can a survey sent via email or a survey posted on a website |
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| A survey method in which the researcher creates a written questionnaire that is filled out by the participants |
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| Occurs in survey research when those who return surveys differ in systematic fashion from those who don't respond |
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| A type of response bias in survey research; occurs when people respond to a question by trying tout themselves in a favorable light |
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| a type of question found on surveys that requires a narrative response rather than a yes or no answer |
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| A type of question found on surveys that can be answered with a yes or a no or by marking a point on some scale |
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| A response set in which a participant has a tendency to respond positively to survey questions, all else being equal |
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| In survey research, when assessing levels of participants knowledge, this is an alternative that means "don't know" |
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| Any data that can serve to classify or identify individuals |
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| In a survey, a question or statement that asks or states two different things in a single item |
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| In a survey, a question that is asked in such a way that the answer desired by the questioner is clear |
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| List of individuals from whom the sample will be drawn; with cluster sampling, a list of groups from which a sample of groups will be selected |
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