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Systematic way of organizing and explaining observations
Hypothesis that flows from the theory or from an important question |
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| Procedure that is the same for all participants except where variation is introduced to test a hypothesis |
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Sample that is representative of the population
Procedure that is sensible and relevant to circumstances outside the laboratory |
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measures that are reliable the produce consistent results
Measures that are valid that assess the dimensions they purporse to assess |
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| a systematic way of organizing and explaining observations |
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| A tentative belief or educated guess that purports to predict or explain the relationship between two or more variables |
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| a phenomenon that changes across circumstances or varies among individuals |
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a variable that can be placed on a continuum from none or little to much
example: optimism, intelligence, shyness |
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a variable comprised of groupings, classification, or categories
example: gender, species, or whether or not someone has had a heart attack |
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| procedures applied uniformly to participants that minimize unintended variation |
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| a group of people or animals of interest to a researcher from which a sample is drawn |
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