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Brett Kings Psych
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
01/28/2008

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Meta-Analysis
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A method that allows researchers the results of several different studies on a similar topic in order to establish the strength of an effect
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Theory
Definition
A broad idea or set of closely related ideas that attempts to explain certain observations
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Variable
Definition
Anything that can change
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Operational definition
Definition
An objective of how a research variable is going to be measured and observed
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hypothesis
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an idea that is arrived at logically from a theory. It is a prediction that can be tested
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population
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the entire group about which that investigator wants to draw conclusions
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Sample
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The subset of the population chosen by the investigator for study
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Random sample
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A sample that gives every member of the population an equal chance of being selected
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