Hypothesis Flashcards

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What is experimental hypothesis

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PREDICTS the EFFECTS of SPECIFIED ANTECEDENTS on behavior

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Made to give answers to questions

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Hypothesis

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Characteristics of XPH

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Parsimonious
Fruitful
Testable/disprovable
Synthetic statement

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Answers to synthetic statements

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True or false

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What makes an XPH fruitful

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Leads to new research

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H can be found through

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Prior research
Intuition
Serendipity
Induc
Deduc
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6
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Specific to general way of finding H

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Induction

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7
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General to specific way of finding H

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Deduction

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Role of Review of RL

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Hypothesis formation

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9
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The most difficult to do in a research

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Find a problem

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How can problems be solved

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Gathering data

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More of a checklist way of finding H

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Deduction

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12
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Explains PRECISE meaning of IV

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Experimental operational condition

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Describes what we do to measure variables

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Measured operational definition

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14
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Variables wc cant be observed directly are

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Hypothetical constructs

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15
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The value of XP research can be known if

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It causes effects

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16
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Challenge for IV

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How to administer/set up

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17
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Challenge for DV

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How to measure

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18
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Measures only I, not say sth per se

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Indicate

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2 other terms for reliability

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Consistency and dependability

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If it is reliable definitions should

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Work in other xps

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Different observers, same measurement

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Interrater R

22
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Same instrument measured twice

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Test-retest R

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Comparing of people measure twice with same instrument

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Test-retest R

24
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Pearson product test of correlation can be used here

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Interitem R

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Difft parts of a questionnaire or instrum designed to assess the same variable w consistent results

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Interitem R

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Focuses on variables intended to study

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Validity

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Self-evident

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Face v

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Internal consistency

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Interitem

29
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All parts agrees to what it wants to measure

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IITEM R

30
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Must be authentic

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Validity

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When results don change

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Test-retest

32
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Shows that it is a stable instrument

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Reliability

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Nature of items given emphasis

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Validity

34
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Question really asks what it wants to measure

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Content validity

35
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Comparing scores of instrum w an outside criteria

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Concurrent va

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Measure what i intend to measure

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Construct v

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Internal validity is

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DEGREE to wc researcher is able to state a CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP between antecedent and subsequent observed beh

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Unity of items

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IITEM R

39
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Qualitative value of items

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Construct v

40
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Misery experiment

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Schachter

41
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From theory to empirical testing

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Construct v

42
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Threats!

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Internal vali

43
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Extreme scores going to the middle after 2nd test

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Statistical regression

44
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Non-random sampling

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Selection

45
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Combination

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Selection interaction