applied research
scientific study that aims to solve practical problems
independent variable
The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
dependent variable
The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of ...
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applied research - answer scientific
study that aims to solve practical
problems
independent variable - answer The
experimental factor that is
manipulated; the variable whose
effect is being studied.
dependent variable - answer The
outcome factor; the variable that
may change in response to
manipulations of the independent
variable.
,internal validity - answer the degree
to which changes in the dependent
variable are due to the manipulation
of the independent variable
experimental control - answer Two
meanings: (a) the outcome of an
experiment that demonstrates
convincingly a functional relations,
meaning that experimental control is
achieved when a predictable change
in behavior (the dependent variable
can be reliably produced by
manipulating a specific aspect of the
environment (the independent
variable); and (b) the extent to which
a researcher maintains precise
control of the independent variable
by presenting it, with drawing it,
and/or varying its value, and also by
eliminating or holding constant all
,confounding and extraneous
variables.
Functional Relation - answer The
change in the DV (behavior) is
causally (functionally) related to the
implementation of the IV
evidence-based practice - answer
intervention procedures that have
been scientifically verified as being
effective for changing a specific
behavior of interest, under given
conditions, and for particular
participants
Reliability - answer the extent to
which a test yields consistent
results, as assessed by the
consistency of scores on two halves
, of the test, on alternate forms of the
test, or on retesting
threats to internal validity - answer
variables other than the planned
independent variable that could
result in changes in the dependent
variable: history, maturation,
testing, instrumentation, procedural
infidelity, selection bias, multiple-
treatment interference, data
instability, cyclical variability,
regression to the mean, adaptation,
& Hawthorne Effect
Nomothetic - answer Concepts or
rules that can be applied universally.
Idiographic - answer An approach to
studying personality that focuses on
individual case studies.
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