RESEARCH METHODS: KEY TERMS CROSSWORD

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A hypothesis that predicts a direction
Directional
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A hypothesis that predicts there will be a difference
Non-Directional
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A hypothesis that predicts there will be no difference
Null
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A statement that predicts the relationship between variables
Hypothesis
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A technique where participants are subjected to the same environment, experience and information
Standardisation
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A technique of chance used in experiments to reduce researcher influence
Randomisation
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The variable the researcher changes
Independent
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The variable that is measured
Dependent
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Any other variable that may interfere and therefore should be controlled
Extraneous
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Variables that systematically change with the independent variable, affecting the dependent variable
Confounding
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A type of extraneous variable concerned with the participants and their characteristics
Participant
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A type of blind experiment where the participant is not aware of the research aims or condition they are in
Single
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A type of blind experiment where both participant and investigator do not know what condition the participant is in
Double
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A type of extraneous variable concerned with the environment and context of the experiment
Situational
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The process of how the Independent variable will be manipulated and how the Dependent variable will be measured
Operationalisation
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The variable which is kept the same throughout all conditions
Control
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An evaluation point of an experiment where participants work out the aim and their role and change their behaviour to an unnatural one
Demand Characteristics
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A general statement of what the researcher intends to study
Aim
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A statement that predicts the relationship between variables

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A technique where participants are subjected to the same environment, experience and information

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