Research Methods Key Words

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1. What are "Confounding Variables"?

  • variables that get confused with the independent variable
  • variables that confound results as they get confused with the DV
  • variables that challenge results
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2. What is meant be "Level of Significance"?

  • the percentage of how significant the study is
  • the level of which the null hypothesis is accepted or rejected
  • the level of what a study is classed as "significant"

3. What is "Inter-rater Reliability"?

  • the degree of agreement between different observations
  • how well the observers observe the study
  • how the findings match in comparison with different observers

4. What is "Empiricism"?

  • a view which suggests that experience is central to the development of knowledge
  • a view which suggests that mathematical data is essential
  • a view which suggests that experience does not effect the development of knowledge

5. What is "Experimenter Bias"?

  • the tendency of experimenters to find what they expect of want to show
  • when experimenters are biased towards the sample
  • when experimenters are telling the participants what to do and how to act
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