Assessing Research Claims

Question 1

variables

Answer 1

anything that’s not a constant

Question 2

independent variable

Answer 2

any variable the researcher manipulates

Question 3

dependent variable

Answer 3

what happens to the dependent when you manipulate IV

Question 4

constant

Answer 4

stays the same throughout the experiment

Question 5

within groups experiment

Answer 5

everyone receives every level of IV

Question 6

counterbalancing

Answer 6

random assignment in order of presentation

Question 7

quazi experiment

Answer 7

resembles an experiment except that one of the variables in the experiment cannot be randomly assigned

Question 8

extraneous variables

Answer 8

variables not measuring, not interested in, but related to your research goal and variables and could potentially effect your results