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Comparison group

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A group in an experiment whose levels on the independent variable differ from those of the treatment group in some intended and meaningful way.

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Confederate

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An actor who is directed by the researcher to play a specific role in a research study.

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Confirmatory hypothesis testing

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The tendency to ask only the questions that will lead to the expected answer.

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Confound

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A potential alternative explanation for research finding (a threat to internal validity).

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Empirical journal article

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A scholarly article that reports for the first time the results of a research study.

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Pop-up principle

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Availability heuristic. The tendency to rely predominately on evidence that easily comes to mind rather than use all possible evidence in evaluating some conclusion.

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Present/present bias

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The tendency to rely only on what is present (e.g., instances in which both a treatment and a desired outcome are present) and ignore what is absent (e.g., instances in which the treatment is absent or the desired outcome is absent) when evaluating the evidence for a conclusion.

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Probabilistic

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A description of me in empirical method, stating that science is intended to explain a certain proportion (but not necessarily all) of the possible cases.

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Review journal article

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An article summarizing all the studies that have been done in one research area.