AP Psychology Research review vocab

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Condition when findings are unlikely due to chance

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statistical significance

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Consistency of results in repeated studies.

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reliability

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Factors causing differences between experimental and control groups, aside from the independent variable.

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Confounding variables

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Factor manipulated in a controlled experiment

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independent variable

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Subgroup of the population participating in a study

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sample

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Researcher's expectations influence study results.

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experimenter bias

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Subgroup receiving the independent variable.

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experimental group

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Division of a sample into groups with equal chance for each individual.

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random assignment

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Treatment resembling the experimental group but with no active ingredient.

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placebo

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Description of the procedure to determine a variable's presence, allowing replication.

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operational definition