Research Methods in Psychology

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What type of data is measured in numbers?

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Quantitative

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Which design involves repeating the same test with the same participants?

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Repeated measures

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What is a confounding variable?

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A variable that affects the DV but isn't controlled

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What increases reliability?

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Standardized procedures

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A double-blind experiment prevents: Standardization, Demand characteristics, Experimenter bias, Ecological effects

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Experimenter bias

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What's the purpose of a pilot study?

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Test procedures beforehand

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Which method is a type of experiment where the IV is naturally occurring?

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Quasi

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Inter-rater reliability

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Agreement between raters

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What is population validity?

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If results generalize to other people

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Volunteer sampling can lead to:

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Biased sample