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Research Methods exam 2
Marquette pocelli
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
04/08/2013

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One-group Posttest only design 13
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Measurements are only taken after manipulation
There is no control group -lack of comparison means not a true experiment.
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ONe Group Pretest 13
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Regression toward the mean 13
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Nonequivalent control group design 13
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These studies DO use a control group
But… the two groups are not equivalent, which becomes a confounding variable
There is a lack of randomization and a selection bias here
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Nonequivalent groups pretest-posttest design 13
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Researcher obtains one or more groups of participants who are similar to the group that receives the quasi-independent variable
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Time Series Designs 13
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Measure the dependent variable on several occasions before and after the quasi-independent variable occurs
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Comparative time series design 13
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examines two or more variables over time in order to understand how changes in one variable are related to changes in another variable.
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Contemporary history 13
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a threat to internal validity, how do we know if it were due to another event.
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Cross-sequential cohort design 13
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allows researchers to tease apart age and cohort effects. ow or more age cohorts measured two or more times.
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Experimental contamination 13
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Generational effects 13
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Local history effect 13
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Nonequivalent control group design 13
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Nonequivalent groups pretest-posttest design 13
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One-group Posttest only design 13
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One-group pretest-posttest design 13
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Preexperiemental design 13
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Program evaluation 13
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Quasi-experimental designs 13
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Quasi-independent variable 13
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Regression to the mean 13
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Selection bias 13
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Selection-by-history interaction 13
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Simple interrupted time series design 13
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Interrupted time series design with a reversal 13
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Interrupted time series design with multiple replications 13
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Reversal design 14
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ABA design 14
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ABACA design 14
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ABC design 14
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Case study 14
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a detailed study of a single individual, group or event.
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Graphic analysis 14
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Criticisms of the group design approach related to error variance, generalizability, and reliability 14
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Idiographic approach 14
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describe analyze and compare the behavior of individual participants.
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Interparticipant replication
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Interpartcipant variance
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an individuals behavior when in the same situation on different occasions.
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Intraparticipant replication
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replicating the effects of the independent variable with a single participant.
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Intraparticipant variance
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Multiple baseline design
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two or more behaviors are studied simultaneously.
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Multiple-I design
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single case experimental design that present varying nonzero levels of the independent variable.
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Narrative description
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the person group or event information done in narrative form.
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Nomothetic approach
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general principals and broad generalizations
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Psychobiography
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using theories from psychology in an effort to understand the lives of famous people.
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Single-case experimental design
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Follow up tests 12
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Post hoc tests 12
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Bonferroni adjustment 12
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divide alpha level by number of tests.
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F-test 12
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df within, between, and total 12
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Sum of squares 12
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Canonical variable 12
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Main effect vs. Simple main effect 12
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Multivariate analysis of variance 12
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One-way vs. Two-way 12
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Inferential statistics 11
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Critical value 11
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through the table n-2 or n-1
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Alpha level vs. p-value 11
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type 1 error.
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Statistical significance 11
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.05
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Beta 11
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type 2
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Nondirectional hypothesis 11
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correlated not predicting which is higher
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Directional hypothesis 11
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predicts which one will be higher.
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One-tailed 11
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directional
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two-tailed test 11
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non directional
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Effect size 11
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how much effect is there in the effect of the IV
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Paired T Test 11
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within subjects or matched pairs.
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Independent t test 11
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Power 11
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number of participants needed to detect the efect of the IV. how powerful is it.
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Type 1 error 11
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rejecting the null when the null was true
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type II error. 11
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fail to reject the nul when in fact it is false.
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standard error of the difference between two means. 11
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One-way design (as in between- OR within-subjects) 10
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Beyond Between/Within 10
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Mixed factorial design 10
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more than one IV one or more between subjects variable.
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Expericorr factorial design 10
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mixed, using more than one kind of design together.
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Factorial design 10
Interaction
Main effect
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Post-test-only design 10
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the dependent variable is measured after the experimental manipulation of the IV
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Two-group experimental design 10
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only have two levels of independent variable.
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Pretest-posttest design 10
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measure the dependent variable before and after manipulation of the IV.
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Solomon 4-group design 10
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Matched-subjects design 10
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Matched-subjects factorial design 10
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matching participants to a particular block usually based on something that correlates with the dependent variable.
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Randomized groups design 10
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Randomized groups factorial design 10
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Repeated measures design 10
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Split-plot factorial design 10
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subdivided. assigned to one or the other randomly.
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Repeated measures factorial design 10
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particpants participate in every condition of the condition.
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Randomized groups design 9
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Treatment variance 9
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Confounding variable and Confound variance 9
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Primary variance 9
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Systematic variance vs. Error variance 9
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Sourced of error variance (from lecture) 9
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Secondary variance 9
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Within-groups variance 9
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Between-groups variance 9
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Experimental group vs. control group 9
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Confederate 9
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researchers helper, sometimes a participant, or bystander, sometimes effecting the independent variable.
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Counterbalancing 9
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changing the order of the independent variable and levels of a test.
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Fatigue effect 9
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tired, less motivated, or bored.
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Practice effects 9
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like practicing to memorize one set of words in a study will help you in another study with different words because you practiced memorizing in general.
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Order effects 9
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how an experiment is effected by the order in which they participate. so practice fatigue and sensitization can effect it.
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Carryover effects 9
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due to lingering effects of another independent variable or like caffeine given, and then wait till all the caffeine wears off before giving more.
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Double-blind procedure 9
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where the experimenter and the participant are kept in the dark. a researcher instructs the experimenter.
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.Invasive manipulation 9
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pain, drugs, surgical. , chemicals. etc...
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Demand characteristics 9
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aspect of a study that indicates how someone should behave.
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Experimenter’s dilemma 9
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internal validity in experiments 9
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the degree to which a researcher draws accurate conclusions about the effect of the IV.
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Independent variable vs. Dependent variable 9
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Level (of an IV) 9
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levels like 0 mg 300mg 600 mg 900 mg.
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Simple random assignment 9
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random assignments like flipping a coin.
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Matched random assignment 9
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like a pretest to know where thee should be placed like a math test for a anxiety with math testing
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Biased assignment 9
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experimental conditions are not equalized before participants receive the IV. not equal groups.
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History effects 9
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due to what they learned earlier. like one group watched National geographic, one watched a rape, and then were asked about sexual aggressiveness.
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Pretest sensitization 9
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when you think the IV does it, but really it is the pretest that causes it.
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Differential attrition 9
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destroys befits of randomness if it is not just normal quitting, dyeing, etc.. where it is not devastating.
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Manipulation check 9
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Pilot test 9
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Experimenter expectancy effect 9
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Placebo control group 9
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Placebo effect 9
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change that occurs by the mere suggestion that the change will happen.
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Sensitization 9
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Treatment variance 9
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Confounding variable and Confound variance 9
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Primary variance 9
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Systematic variance vs. Error variance 9
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Sourced of error variance (from lecture) 9
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Secondary variance 9
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Within-groups variance 9
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Between-groups variance 9
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environmental manipulation
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manipulate the amount of reward, lighting, view something pleasant or unpleasant.
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Instructional manipulation
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how you give the instructions of the research to someone, get as many right as you can no penalty or get as few wrong, etc...
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External validity
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the degree to which a result obtained can be replicated or generalized to other samples.
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attrition
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participants that you loose in a study, they quit, wont' complete it, death etc
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grand mean
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equal to the mean of all groups
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