Experimental Method

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What is the variable that is manipulated or altered by the researcher in an experiment?

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Independent

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The variables on which the effect of independent variable is observed is called

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Dependent

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Which component is missing from Carmen’s experiment?

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a control group

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What is the dependent variable in an experiment where Group A is given caffeinated soda and Group B is given caffeine-free soda, and pulse rates are measured?

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pulse rate of each group

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Operational Definition

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Clear and detailed statements about how you will measure the data collected about the variables.

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Population

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The entire group of people or animals in which the researcher is interested.

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Representative Sample

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A sample that has characteristics that are similar to those in the population.

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What is the Hawthorne Effect?

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People’s tendency to behave differently when they are being studied

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The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

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hindsight bias

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What is a double blind procedure?

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Neither participants nor researcher knows who is in which group