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Research Design & Statistics II
Dr. Jay Test #2
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/06/2012

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Effect Size (d)
Definition
Standardized way to report the difference between 2 means
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equation for effect size
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(sample mean of the experiment minus the sample mean of the control group) over the standard deviation of the control group
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Parts of a research article
Definition
Introduction, methods, results, and discussion
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Introduction of a research article
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literature review that builds a theoretical case for the research
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Methods section of a research article
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Descriptions of the participants, measures, and procedures
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Results section of a research article
Definition
statistical tests completed, pattern of findings displayed
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Discussion section of a research article
Definition
Interpretation of results. Does it support the theory? Written in APA style.
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According to the Activation-Decision-Construction model, what skill must an effective liar posses?
Definition
Lying requires verbal skill
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Between-Subjects Design
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An experimental design in which each subject (DV) is randomly assigned to only one of the treatment conditions (IV)
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Within-subjects design
Definition
all participants are exposed to all levels of the IV
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Should measures of verbal ability correlate more with lying or truth-telling?
Definition
Lying
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According to the compensatory-encoding theory, how can readers compensate for weak reading skills?
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Compensation use
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Compensation use in Compensatory-Encoding Theory
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Pauses, lookbacks, rereads, soundouts
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Reading skill measures used in the Compensatory-Encoding Theory
Definition
Decoding accuracy, Semantic latency, semantic accuracy, and working memory capacity
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Biserial correlation
Definition
a correlation between [a variable that can only take 2 values] and [a continuous variable]
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