Skill 3 - Reasoning about the design and execution of research Flashcards
Identify the role of theory, past findings, and observations in scientific questioning
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Identify testable reasearch questions and hypotheses
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Identify independent and dependent variables
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Reason about the features of reaserach studies that suggest associations between variables or causal relationships between them (such as temporality and random assignment)
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Identify conclusions that are supported by research results
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Determine the implications of results for real-world situations
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Reason about ethical issues in scientific research
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What is the dependent variable in the study described in the passage?
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The major flaw in the method used to measure disease susceptibility in Experiement 1 is:
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Which of the following procedures is most important for experimentors to followin order for their study to maintain a proper, randomized sample of research subjects?
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A researcher would like to test the hypothesis that individuals who move to an urban area during adulthood are more likely to own a car than are those who have lived in an urban area since birth. Which of the following studies would best test this hypothesis?
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