Psych test 10/5/20 Flashcards
(32 cards)
Thesis/theory
A statement put forward to be maintained or proved
Case Study
Research in which detailed consideration is given to a person, group, or situation over time
Scatter plot
A graph where two variables are plotted to determine if it has correlation
Random assignment
Technique for Assigning animals or humans to a particular group
Naturalistic observation
Observing subjects in their natural environment
Descriptive stats
A summary statistic that quantitatively describes features from a collection of info
Reliable
Consistently good in quality or performance
Standard deviation
Distance from mean to the data points (deviation of a group)
Experimental
Based on an untested idea
Inferential stats
The process of using data analysis to deduce properties of an underlying distribution
Control
Power to influence or direct
APA
Writing style and format for academic documents
Valid
Sound reasoning
Hypothesis
An educated guess
Standardized
To conform to a standard
Random selection
A simple Randall sample is a subset of individuals chosen from a larger set
operational definitions
in or ready for use
double blind
both sides of the experiment are blind to what is happening
correlation
mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
BPS
refers to a common unit of measure for interest rates and other percentages in finance.
One basis point is equal to 1/100th of 1%, or 0.01%, or 0.0001
negative skew
the tendency of a line on the graph to have a negative decline
no pain
no harm or pain
fully de-brief
to officially question (someone) about a job that has been done or about an
experience
survey
investigate opinions or experiences of a group of people(asking questions)