Research/Experimental Method-- SI Session #2

process scientists use to conduct research, which includes a continuing cycle of exploration, critical thinking, and systematic observation

• experiment

• pseudoscience

• scientific method

controlled procedure that involves careful examination through scientific observation and/or manipulation of variables

• research

• experiment

• case study

measurable characteristics that vary, or change, over time or across people

• variable

• theory

• random sample

all members of an identified group about which a researcher is interested

• sample

• population

• variables

subset of a population chosen for inclusion in an experiment

• case study

• observations

• sample

subset of the population chosen through a procedure that ensures all members of the population have an equally likely chance of being selected to participate in the study

• random sample

• representative sample

subgroup of a population selected so that its members have characteristics that closely reflect those of the population of interest

• random sample

• representative sample

acknowledgement by study participants that they will understand what their participation will entail

• debriefing

• informed consent

• contract

sharing information with participants after their involvement in a study has ended, including the purpose of the study and deception used in it

• acknowledgement

• informed consent

• debriefing

mostly observation, environment not disturbed, and variables are not manipulated

• humanistic research

• naturalistic research

• optical research