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methods that yield descriptions of behavior but not
necessarily casual explanations |
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| The study of one individual |
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high values of one variable are associated with
high values of the other. (as one increases the other increases) |
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an association between increases in one value
and decreases in another. (as one increases the other decreases) |
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a controlled test of hypothesis in which the researcher
manipulates one of the variables to discover the affect on another |
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the question being answered by conducting the
experiment |
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| a variable that the experimenter manipulates |
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a variable that an experimenter predicts will be
affected by the manipulations of the independent variable |
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in an experiment a comparison condition in which
subjects are not exposed to the same treatment as are those in the
experimental condition |
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the apparent success of a medication or treatment that
is due to the patients expectations or hopes rather than to the drug or
treatment itself |
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| alternative explanation besides hypothesis |
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see if one individual changes under different
circumstances |
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a procedure for assigning people to experimental
and control groups in which each individual has the same probability
as any other of being assigned to a given group |
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removal of biases, ideally get a sample that is
representative |
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| Sampling bias, response bias |
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a shortcoming of findings derived from
a sample of volunteers instead of a representative sample |
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unintentional influence on experiment from
experimenter |
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an experiment in which the neither the
participants nor the individuals running the study know which
participants are in the control group and which are in the experimental
group until after the results are tallied |
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repeating the experiment by different experimenters to
confirm the validity of the results |
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a precise definition of a term in a hypothesis
which specifies the operations for observing and measuring the
processes or phenomenon being defined |
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