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Manipulated varibles "manipulation" means doing different things to different groups of subjects
When a reseacher does one thing to one group and somesomenting else to the other group
-2 groups follow different directions |
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Measured Varibles, subjects characteristics cannot be manipulated
Male/female these attributes were pre exisiting |
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| is a expression of an abstraction formed be generalization from particulars |
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| is a concept that has been formulated so that it canbe used in science |
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| is a property that can take on different values, an empirical indicatior of constructs |
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| is the refinement of abstract concepts |
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-influences the dependent variable, cause of the dependent variables
-in experiments the independent variable is the variable manipulated by the experimenter |
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| is the outcome measured that the researcher uses to determine if changes in the independent variable had an effect. |
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| Active attribute variable |
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| Conceputal/constitutive definitions |
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| is where constructs are defined by other constructs. |
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| Assessing Conceptual Definitions |
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1-Conceptual definitons should denote all the essential qualities of the constructs and exclude nonessential ones
2- Conceptual definitons should not be circular.
3-Conceptual definitons should be clear and precise.
4. Conceptual definitons should be complete |
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| is capable of taking on an ordered set of values within a certain range values of a continuous variable reflect at least a rank order. |
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| - belong to nominal measurement individuals are categorized by their possession of the characteristic that defines and sub set. To categorize means to assign an object or a sub class on the basis of having or not having a characteristic. |
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