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Measurement validity and
reliability
Accuracy of measurementConsistencyand Stability of
reaearch
TERM 2
Procedure validity and
reliability
DEFINITION 2
Accuracy of Study
TERM 3
History
DEFINITION 3
Changes in the environment external to a study
TERM 4
Sleeper Effects
DEFINITION 4
Sometimes the effects are notimmediatelyevident but
become clear over time
TERM 5
Sensitization
DEFINITION 5
Tenancyfor aninitialmeasurement in aresearchstudy to
influence asubsequentmeasurement
Data Analysis
invalid b/c if you run enough tests they
findstatisticalevidence
TERM 7
Selection
DEFINITION 7
A selection of people for a study may influence the validity of
the conclusions drawn
TERM 8
Hawthorne Effect
DEFINITION 8
The Hawthorne effect is a form of reactivity whereby subjects
improve or modify an aspect of their behavior being
experimentally measured simply in response to the fact that
they know they are being studied, not in response to any
particular experimental manipulation.
TERM 9
Statistical Regression
DEFINITION 9
Regression towards the meanTendency for groups selected
oninitial extreme scores on aninitialmeasure to behave less a
typical on thesecondandsubsequentmeasurements
TERM 10
Mortality
DEFINITION 10
Loss of participants throughout a study
Random Sampling
weather or not everyone in your population has the
opportunity to be selected
TERM 17
Nonrandom Sampling
DEFINITION 17
Not everyone has an equal opportunity to be selected
TERM 18
Types of Nonrandom Sampling
DEFINITION 18
convenienceVolunteerPurposeNetwork
TERM 19
Ecological Validity
DEFINITION 19
research that describes what actually occurs in real life
circumstances
TERM 20
Replication
DEFINITION 20
Conducting a study that one duplicates in
somesystematicmanner it duplicates
Universal Laws
In law and ethics, universal law or universal principle refers
as concepts of legal legitimacy actions, whereby those
principles and rules for governing human beings' conduct
which are most universal in their acceptability, their
applicability, translation, and philosophical basis, are
therefore considered to be most legitimate.
TERM 22
Placebo group and placebo effect
DEFINITION 22
Research group that think its getting theindependentvariable
being studied
TERM 23
Control group
DEFINITION 23
Group thatreceivesno manipulation
TERM 24
Manipulated vs. observed variable
DEFINITION 24
when researching controlparticipation exposure to a variable
TERM 25
Pretests
DEFINITION 25
measure participants on relative variables that need to
beaccumulatedbefore assessingindependentvariable
John Henry Effect
Exert more effort when tested
TERM 32
Trend Study
DEFINITION 32
Measure people's beliefs attitudes or behaviors to I.D.
changes or trends
TERM 33
Cohort Study
DEFINITION 33
Effects due to membership in a subgroup
TERM 34
Cohort effects due to
DEFINITION 34
Membershipin your subgroup
TERM 35
Generation Effects due to
DEFINITION 35
Same generation or sub group
Period Effects due to
effects do to acertainperiod in time
TERM 37
Social Desirability bias
DEFINITION 37
you answer in ways that you think issociallydesirable
TERM 38
Question order effect
DEFINITION 38
ConsistencyFatigueRedundancy
TERM 39
Acquiescent response style
DEFINITION 39
Tenancyto respond YES
TERM 40
Quarrelsome response style
DEFINITION 40
Tenancyto response NO
Longitudinal surveys
Continuation of studyingpeople
TERM 47
Cell Suppression
DEFINITION 47
If info is too revealing + we can figure out identity, you have
tosuppressthe cell/data and get rid of the research
orsuppressthe cell if we're promising anonymity
TERM 48
Voluntary informed consent
DEFINITION 48
toavoidcoercing people into participation
can't involve person in research until you've informed
them about what your doing
Very important to IRB
