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| a person who engages in the scientific study of sex |
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| derived from or based on observation and experimentation |
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| a precise prediction about behavior that is tested through research |
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| the attributing of human characteristics to an animal |
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| quantities or qualities that vary or may vary |
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| concerning the vital statistics (race, gender, age, religion, and so on) of human populations |
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| a complete group of organisms or events |
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| to go from the particular to the general |
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| a sample in which every member of a population has an equal chance of participating |
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| a random sample in which known subgroups in a population are represented in proportion to their numbers in the population |
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| a slanting of research data caused by the characteristics of individuals who volunteer to participate, such as willingness to discuss intimate behavior |
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| a carefully drawn, in-depth biography of an individual or a small group of individuals that may be obtained through interviews, questionnaires and historical records |
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| a detailed study of a sample obtained by means such as interviews and questionnaires |
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| a measure of occurrence or the degree of occurrence of an event |
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| with respect to interviews, questionnaires, and tests, the degree to which an item measures what it is suppoesd to measure |
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| a response bias to a questionnaire or interview in which the person provides a socially acceptable response |
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| a method in which organisms are observed in their natural environments |
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| data concerning sexual behaviors and customs that occur among various ethnic groups |
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| a method in which observers interact with the people they study as they collect data |
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| a device for measuring sexual arousal in men in terms of changes in the circumference of the penis |
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| vaginal photoplethysmograph |
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| a tamponlike probe that is inserted into the vagina; indicates the level of vasocongestionby measuring the light reflected from the vaginal walls |
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| congestion from the flow of blood; from the Latin vas, meaning "vessel |
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| a statistical measure of the relationship between two variables |
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