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| sources for research ideas that present themselves in an unpredictable manner; a concerted attempt attempt to locate researchable ideas has not been made |
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| a situation in which one phenomenon is sought but something else is found |
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| thoroughly examined, carefully thought out sources for research topics |
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| the extent to which the qualitative research report is accurate, unbiased, and can be confirmed by others |
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| the extent to which the researcher believes that the same results would be produced if the study were replicated |
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| the accuracy of the identification and description of the subject of the study |
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| the extent to which the results of a qualitative research project can be generalized to other settings and groups |
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| research in the goal is to learn about a culture or some aspect of a culture fromt he perspective of the members of that culture |
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| descriptive research methods |
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| research methods that do not involve the manipulation of any variable by the researcher |
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| aka the reactance or reactivity effect |
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| a study in which the variables to be studied are selected after they have occured |
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| seekd to determine the percentage of the population that has a certain characteristic, holds a particular opinion, or engages in a particular behavior |
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| seeks to determine the relevant variables and how they are related |
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| the extent to which a test or inventory measures what it is supposed to measure |
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| the extent to which test items actually represent the type of material they are supposed to represent. |
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| degree of agreement among judges concerning the type of material they are supposed to represent |
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| degree to which the score on a test or inventory corresponds with another measure of the designated trait. |
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| established by comparing the score on a test or inventory with a future score on another test or inventory |
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| extent to which a test or inventory is consistent in its evaluation of the same individuals |
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| designed to evaluate an individuals level of mastery or competence |
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| designed to assess an individuals potential ability or skill in a particular job |
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| objectively quantifiabke observations |
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| statements that can be true or false |
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| statements that are always true |
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| principle of falsifiability |
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| results not in accord with the research hypothesis are taken as evidence that this hypothesis is false. |
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| a control by which an extraneous variabe is reduced to a single value that is experienced by all participants. |
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| a control procedure that achieves group equality by distributing extraneous variables equally to all groups |
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| the probablity that a statistical test will be signicant |
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| the result when an experimenters preconceived idea of appropriate responding influences the treatment of participants and their behavior |
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| a finding that is the same in different cultures |
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| a culture-specific finding |
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| DV measurements that actually change the DV being measured |
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| DV measurements that do not influence the DV being measured |
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| a threat to internal validity that occurs when low scorers improve or scorers fall on a second administration of a test solely as a result of statistical reasons |
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| a threat to external validity caused by an experimental situation that alters participants behavior, regardless of the IV involved |
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| a single # represents the total amount of variation in a distribution; also the square root of the st. dev. |
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| square root of the variance; has important relations to the normal curve |
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