Operational Definition

Naturalistic Observation

________: Where lab studies are difficult or less useful, researches can observe subjects in their real- life environment.

Survey

________: Typically on a certain population that you want to get something from.

Validity

________: Proof of what you are testing and /or studying.

Reliability

________: How ________ an experiment is based off of how true the results are.

Case Study

________: Usually used on people who have had a specific experience.

Correlation

________: Is a relationship between two different Variables.

Single Blind Study

________: One side of the study does not know where they are being placed, but the other does.

Validity

Proof of what you are testing and/or studying

Case Study

Usually used on people who have had a specific experience

Survey

Typically on a certain population that you want to get something from

Naturalistic Observation

Where lab studies are difficult or less useful, researches can observe subjects in their real-life environment

Correlation

Is a relationship between two different Variables

Variable

Anything in the world that can be measured

Experiments

Ways to study how different variables react

Reliability

How reliable an experiment is based off of how true the results are

Independent Variable

The variable that is being changed and manipulated

Dependent Variable

The variable you are measuring

Experimental Group

Gets treatment

Control Group

Not being manipulated

Double Blind Study

Researchers have no idea what group they are going to be in and neither do the participants

Single Blind Study

One side of the study does not know where they are being placed, but the other does