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This set includes information about the important terms and definitions included in the first chapter of the SEPS book designated for this class. It was created in preparation for a midterm examination.
hypothesis
best guess about how the change you made might affect another factor
hypothesis
the statement predicting affects of changes made in the independent variable on the dependent variable
hypothesis
if … then
independent variable
the variable purposely changed or manipulated
independent variable
manipulated variable
dependent variable
variable that changes in response
dependent variable
responding variable
constant
all the factors that remain the same throughout the experiment
constant
important because unknown changing conditions could be affecting your data
constants staying same
if an unchanged trial performs very similarly every time
control
used to detect any hidden variables
control
set of repeated trials where independent variables are not changed
control
treated the same as all other IV levels
control
can also be another designated level of the IV
quantitative data
expressed as numbers
quantitative data
measurements, counts
quantitative data
gives rise to a measure of central tendency (mean)
qualitiative data
observations rather than measurements
qualitative data
expressed more like descriptions
qualitative data
data is summarized by thinking of most frequent observations (mode)
qualitative data
mean is not possible becuse the data are not in numeric form
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