A specific prediction derived from a theory is called a___________.

The act of disproving a theory or hypothesis is called ___________.

A variable that leads to or causes something else is a(n) _____________ variable

A variable that is affected or caused by another variable is a(n) _____________ variable

True or False: The amount of time a student studies is considered a manipulable variable.

A study in which the researcher directly manipulates one of the variables and evaluates the results is:

A study in which the researcher merely observes what is happening or what has happened and draws conclusions is:

True or False: Measures are reliable if they produce the same result when different people use them.

True or False: A measure is said to be valid if it actually measures what it is intended to measure..

True or False: If a measure is reliable, it will necessarily be valid, but not the other way around.

If a researcher can classify every observation in terms of one of the options available, then the measure is____________.

If a researcher can classify every observation as only one of the options presented, the variable is ______________.

A(n) ______variable is a named categorical variable that has no inherent order.

A(n) ______variable is a named categorical variable that has an inherent and logical order.

For ______variables equal intervals on the variable represent equal differences in the property being measured.

For ______variables, the ratios of scores on the scale must also make sense.

Age is a(n) _______ variable.

Race is a(n) _______ variable.

A variable with response options from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree on a five point scale is a(n) _______ variable.

True or False: A binary variable is any variable that can only take two values.

Which of the following is an example of continuous data?

Which of the following is an example of count data?

Which of the following sections usually comes first in a research article?

Which of the following sections tells you about the research that has already been done on the topic?