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| 9563196409 | Hindsight Bias | The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it | 0 | |
| 9563199891 | The Scientific Method (In order) | *Question *Hypothesis *Experiment *Results *Conclusions *Theory | 1 | |
| 9563203008 | Operational Definition | A statement of the procedures (operations) used to define research variables | 2 | |
| 9563204044 | Replication | Ability to repeat a research study, with different participants in different situations | 3 | |
| 9563206429 | Population | All the cases in a group being studied, from which samples may be drawn | 4 | |
| 9563207704 | Sample | Small group of participants, out of a total population, that a researcher studies | 5 | |
| 9563209471 | Random Sample | A sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion | 6 | |
| 9563211908 | Naturalistic Observation | Observation of subject(s) in a natural setting without manipulating or controlling the situation | 7 | |
| 9563214573 | Case Study | Intensive investigation of participant(s) | 8 | |
| 9563215857 | Survey | Information is obtained by asking many individuals a fixed set of questions | 9 | |
| 9563217466 | Longitudinal Study | Studying a group of participants over a number of years | 10 | |
| 9563218585 | Cross-Sectional Study: | Studying groups of participants of different ages and comparing them to draw conclusions about age | 11 | |
| 9563221870 | Postive Correlation | Both factors increase and decrease together |  | 12 |
| 9563223707 | Negative Correlation | One factor increases while other decreases |  | 13 |
| 9563228935 | Experiment | A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more variables | 14 | |
| 9563231309 | Independent Variable | Manipulated by experimenter to observe its effects | 15 | |
| 9563232357 | Dependent Variable | The changes that occur in relation to the independent variable | 16 | |
| 9563233077 | Confounding Variables | Factors other than independent variable that might produce an effect in an experiment | 17 | |
| 9563234322 | Experimental Group | Independent variable is applied | 18 | |
| 9563235318 | Control Group | Treated the same way as exp.; however, independent variable is not applied | 19 | |
| 9563238590 | Self Full-filling Prophecy | Researcher's expectations influence behavior; ultimately influencing the participants behavior | 20 | |
| 9563242914 | Placebo Effect | Change in participant's behavior just by belief | 21 | |
| 9563245767 | Single-Blind Procedure | Participants unaware of which received treatment (Solves placebo) | 22 | |
| 9563247250 | Double-Blind Procedure | Participants and experimenters are unaware of participant that received treatment (solves fulfilling prophecy) | 23 | |
| 9563251165 | Nominal Data | Categorized |  | 24 |
| 9563252215 | Ordinal Data | Ordered |  | 25 |
| 9563261552 | Interval Data | Equal interval between points with no true zero point |  | 26 |
| 9563264175 | Ratio Data | equal interval between points with true zero point |  | 27 |
| 9563277835 | Mean | Arithmetic average of distribution | 28 | |
| 9563277836 | Median | Middle score of distribution | 29 | |
| 9563279276 | Mode | Most frequently occurring score in distribution | 30 | |
| 9563281813 | Normal Distribution | Symmetrical, Bell-Shaped distribution |  | 31 |
| 9563284645 | Positively and Negatively Skewed Distribution | Skewed to left or right |  | 32 |
| 9563297909 | Standard Deviation | A computed measure of how much scored vary around the mean | 33 | |
| 9563299030 | Z-Score | Number of standard Deviations a score is from the mean Pos. Is above mean Neg. Is below mean | 34 | |
| 9563301328 | Barnum Effect | The tendency for people to accept very general or vague characterizations of themselves and believe in its accuracy | 35 | |
| 9563302917 | Descriptive, Correlation, Experimental | 3 types of research | 36 | |
| 9563305773 | Descriptive Research | Any research that observes and records | 37 | |
| 9563307768 | False Consensus Effect | Tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors | 38 | |
| 9563315437 | Correlation Coefficient | (-1 to +1) A number that measures the strength of a relationship Weaker when closer to zero | 39 | |
| 9563322085 | Hawthorne Effect | Just the fact that you know you are in an experiment can cause change | 40 | |
| 9563326687 | Statistically Significant | Unlikely to have occurred by chance | 41 | |
| 9563336350 | Inferential Statistics | To discover whether the finding can be applied to the larger population from which the sample was collected | 42 | |
| 9563338139 | Central Tendency | Mean, median, and mode; watching out for outliers that affect mean the most | 43 | |
| 9563343320 | IRB | Internal Review Board | 44 |
