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| the science of behavior and mental processes |
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| beliefs that interfere with objectivity |
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| principe that simple explanations of phenomena are preferred to complex explanations |
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| In drug research,positive effects associated with a persons beliefs and attitudes about the drug, even wen it contains no active ingredients. |
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| System of investigation in which a person makes careful observations of a phenomenon, proposes theories to explain the phenomenon, makes hypothesis about future behaviors through more research and observations |
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| explanation for a phenomenon based on careful and precise explanations |
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| In- depth study of a single person that can often provide suggestions for further research |
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| Study of behavior in it's typical setting, with no attempt to alter it. |
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| Number ranging between -1.00 and + 1.00 that represents the degree and direction of relation between 2 variables |
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| Research method that involves collection information from a selected group of people who are representatives of a larger group. |
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| Sample selected so that it reflects the characteristics of a population of interest to the researcher |
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| Research method that involves manipulating |
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| Variable that shows the outcome of an expierment by revealing it's effects on a dependent variable |
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| Variable that shows the outcome of an expierment by revealing the effects of an independent variable |
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| The group in an expeirment that recieves an effect of the independent variable being manipulated |
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| A comparison group in an expierment that does not recieve the effect of the indpendent variable being manipulated. |
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| Often other than the independent variable can influence the outcome of an expierment |
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| Assignment of expiermental participants to two or more groups on the basis of chance |
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| Branch of mathmatics that involves the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data |
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| Procedures used to analyze data after an expierment is completed, used to determine if the independent variable has a significant effect |
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| main features of a collection of data in quanative terms |
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| represents bi-variate data |
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