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| 463616930 | Anecdotal Evidence | Personal stories about specific incidents and experiences | 0 | |
| 463616931 | Case Study | An in-depth investigation of an individual subject | 1 | |
| 463616932 | Confounding Variables | A condition that exists whenever two variables are linked in a way that makes it difficult to sort out their independent effects | 2 | |
| 463616933 | Control Group | Subjects in a study who do not receive the special treatment given to the experimental group | 3 | |
| 463616934 | Correlation | The extent to which two variables are related to each other | 4 | |
| 463616935 | Correlation Coefficient | A numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables | 5 | |
| 463616936 | Data Collection Techniques | Procedures for making empirical observations and measurements | 6 | |
| 463616937 | Dependent Variable | In an experiment, the variable that is thought to be affected by the manipulation of the independent variable | 7 | |
| 463616938 | Descriptive Statistics | Statistics that are used to organize and summarize data | 8 | |
| 463616939 | Double-Blind Procedure | A research strategy in which neither subjects nor experimenters know which subjects are in the experimental or control groups | 9 | |
| 463616940 | Experiment | A research method in which the investigator manipulates a variable under carefully controlled conditions and observes whether any changes occur in a second variable as a result | 10 | |
| 463616941 | Experimental Group | The subjects in a study who receive some kind of special treatment in regard to the independent variable | 11 | |
| 463616942 | Experimenter Bias | A phenomenon that occurs when a researcher's expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results obtained | 12 | |
| 463616943 | Extraneous Variables | Any variables other than the independent variable that seem likely to influence the dependent variables in a specific study | 13 | |
| 463616944 | Hypothesis | A tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables | 14 | |
| 463616945 | Independent Variable | In an experiment, a condition or even that an experimenter varies in order to see its impact on another variable | 15 | |
| 463616946 | Inferential Statistics | Statistics that are used to interpret data and draw conclusions | 16 | |
| 463616947 | Internet-Mediated Research | Studies in which data collection occurs over the web | 17 | |
| 463616948 | Journal | A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material, usually in a narrowly-defined area of inquiry | 18 | |
| 463616949 | Mean | The arithmetic average of the scores in a distribution | 19 | |
| 463616950 | Median | The score that falls exactly in the center of a distribution of scores | 20 | |
| 463616951 | Mode | The score that occurs most frequently in a distribution | 21 | |
| 463616952 | Naturalistic Observation | A descriptive research in which the researcher engages in careful, usually prolonged, observation of behavior without intervening directly with the subjects | 22 | |
| 463616953 | Operational Definition | A definition that describes the actions or operations that will be made to measure or control a variable | 23 | |
| 463616954 | Participants | The persons or animals whose behavior is systematicaly observed in a study | 24 | |
| 463616955 | Placebo Effects | The fact that subjects' expectations can lead them to experience some change even though they receive an empty, fake, or ineffectual treatment | 25 | |
| 463616956 | Population | The larger collection of animals or people from which a sample is drawn that researchers want to generalize about | 26 | |
| 463616957 | Random Assignment | The constitution of groups in a study such that all subjects have an equal chance of being assigned to any group or condition | 27 | |
| 463616958 | Reactivity | Alteration of a subject's behavior as a result of the presence of an observer | 28 | |
| 463616959 | Replication | The repitition of a study to see whether earlier results are duplicated | 29 | |
| 463616960 | Research Methods | Differing approaches to the manipulation and control of variables in empirical studies | 30 | |
| 463616961 | Response Set | A tendency to respond to questions in a particular way that is unrelated to the content of the questions | 31 | |
| 463616962 | Sample | The collection of subjects selected for observation in an empirical study | 32 | |
| 463616963 | Sampling Bias | A problem that occurs when a sample is not representative of the population from which it is drawn | 33 | |
| 463616964 | Social Desirability Bias | A tendency to give socially approved answers about oneself | 34 | |
| 463616965 | Standard Deviation | An index of the amount of variability in a set of data | 35 | |
| 463616966 | Statistical significance | The condition that exists when the probability that the observed findings are due to chance is very low | 36 | |
| 463616967 | Statistics | The use of mathematics to organize, summarize, and interpret numerical data | 37 | |
| 463616968 | Survey | A descriptive research method in which researchers use questionnaires or interviews to gather information about specific aspects of a subject's behavior | 38 | |
| 463616969 | Theory | A system of interrelated ideas that is used to explain a set of observations | 39 | |
| 463616970 | Variability | The extent to which the scores in a data set tend to vary from each other and from the mean | 40 | |
| 463616971 | Variables | Any measureable conditions, events, characteristics, or behaviors that are controlled or observed in a study | 41 | |
| 463616972 | Neal Miller | Asserted the benefits of animal research outweigh the harm done | 42 | |
| 463616973 | Robert Rosenthal | Studied experimenter bias, a researcher's unintended influence on the behavior of subjects | 43 | |
| 463616974 | Stanley Schachter | Studied the effect of anxiety on affiliation | 44 |
