AP Psychology RESEARCH METHODS REVIEW

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Ms. Walker wants to describe the average score on your first psychology test. Which measure of central tendency is she most likely to use?

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mean

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Mrs. Baumann gives an exam where most of the students receive failing grades and only a few students receive high scores. When the exam scores are plotted, the distribution will be

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positively skewed

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In a strongly skewed distribution, the best indicator of central tendency is usually the

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median

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The standard deviation

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indicates the average difference between each score in a group and the mean for that group of scores

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If Andy has an IQ of 130. If the mean for IQ is 100 with a standard deviation of 15, what percentage of the population has an IQ greater than Andy's, assuming the population falls on a normal distribution?

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2.5 percent

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A study is said to have _______________ if it yields consistent results each time it is repeated.

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reliability

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Factors that cause differences between the experimental group and control group other than the independent variable are _____________________.

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confounding variables

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The factor the researcher manipulates in a controlled experiment is the _________________.

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independent variable

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The subgroup of the population that participates in the study is referred to as the _________.

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sample

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When a researcher's expectations or preferences about the outcome of a study influence the results, ____________ bias has occurred.

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experimenter