research designs and terminology

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when a variable is actively changed/manipulated and scores on another variable are measured to determine if there is an effect, random allocation
experiments
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the variable manipulated/changed
independent
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the variable measured
dependent
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variable that may impact on others interested in, but may have failed to take into account when designing study
extraneous
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specific types of extraneous variable related to the variable interested in
confounding
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highly controlled experiments, no extraneous variables, low ecological validity
lab
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natural setting, not well controlled, high ecological validity
field
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experiment not manipulated by researcher in any way
naturalistic
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no random allocation of ps to conditions, instead use variables that cannot be manipulated e.g. gender
quasi
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increases liklihood that ps in diff conditions have more or less same charactersitcis
random allocation
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matching on variable e.g. age gender- guarantees ps in diff conditions have more or less same characteristics
matching ps
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measures relationships between variables- cannot imply causation
correlation
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any property/characteristic of event, object or person that may have diff values at diff times
variables
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variable that can take any value in given range not changing in discrete jumps
continuous
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variable that can take on any discrete value in given range
discrete
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variable where values are categories
categorical
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same ps in all conditions
within ps/repeated measures
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diff groups of ps in diff conditions
independent measures/between ps
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alternate between diff conditions per p
counterbalancing
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data in categories
nominal
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data on some sort of scale ie ratings
ordinal
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data where can put scores in order of increasing magnitude
interval
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data where scores in ascending order but has absolute zero
ratio
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design that measures changes in ps over time and ps at different ages at the same time point
sequential
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sampling where each p has equal chance of being picked
random
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sampling where randomly recruit ps to sub categories
stratified
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sampling that chooses the every nth person
systematic
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sampling where ps chosen if they meet specific criteria
quota
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sampling where ps recruited via word of mouth
snowball
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sampling where ps are recuited because they are available
opportunity
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the variable manipulated/changed

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the variable measured

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variable that may impact on others interested in, but may have failed to take into account when designing study

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specific types of extraneous variable related to the variable interested in

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