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AP Psych Ch 2

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show Personal stories about specific incidents  
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Case study   show
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show Condition that exists whenever two variables are linked together in a way that makes it difficult to sort out their independent effects  
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show Subjects in study who do not receive treatment given to experimental group  
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show Extent to which two variables are related to each other  
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Correlation coefficient   show
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Data collection techniques   show
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Dependent variable   show
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Descriptive statistics   show
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Double-blind procedure   show
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show Research method in which investigator manipulates variable under carefully controlled conditions and observes whether any changes occurred in a second variable as a result  
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show The subjects in a study who receive some certain treatment in regard on the independent variable  
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Experimenter bias   show
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Extraneous variables   show
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Hypothesis   show
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Independent variable   show
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Inferential statistics   show
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show A periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material, usually in a narrowly defined area of inquiry  
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Mean   show
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Median   show
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Mode   show
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show Descriptive research method in which researcher engages in careful, usually prolonged, observation of behavior without intervening directly with subjects  
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show Definition that describes actions / operations that will be made to measure / control a variable  
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Placebo effects   show
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show Larger collection of animal or people from which a sample is drawn and that researchers want to generalize about  
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Random assignment   show
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show Repetition of study to see whether the earlier results are replicated  
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Research methods   show
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show A tendency to respond to questions in a particular way that is unrelated to the content of the questions  
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show The collection of subjects selected for observation in an empirical study  
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show A problem that occurs when a sample is not representative of the population from which it is drawn  
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show A tendency to give socially approved answers to questions about oneself  
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show An index of amount of variability in set of data  
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show The condition that exists when probability that observed findings are due to chance are very low  
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show Use of math to organize, summarize, and interpret numerical data  
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show Persons / animals whose behavior is systematically observed in study  
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show A descriptive research method in which researchers use questionnaires or interviews to gather information about specific aspects of subjects' behavior  
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Theory   show
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Variability   show
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Variables   show
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show Research method which systematically observes two variables whether it has association between them  
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show Analyzing results of several previous studies  
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T-Test   show
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