Chapter 3: Psychological Science
Fill in the Blank(s)
Questions
- When above-average values for one variable tend to be associated with below-average values for the other variable, the two variables are ________ ________ .
- ________ statements are based on systematic collection and analysis of data.
- The goal of ________ research is to provide a snapshot of the current state of affairs.
- In an experiment, the researcher manipulates the ________ variable and measures the ________ variable.
- The most common method of creating equivalence among the experimental conditions in an experiment is to use ________ ________.
- Case studies, surveys and naturalistic observation are types of ________ research.
- The standard deviation measures ________.
- The mode is the value that occurs ________ frequently in a distribution.
- An experiment has ________ validity if we trust the conclusions that have been drawn about the causal relationship between the IV and DV.
- The process of repeating previous research is known as ________.
Answers
- negatively correlated
- empirical
- descriptive
- independent, dependent
- random assignment
- descriptive
- dispersion ….. variability would also be an acceptable answer
- most
- internal
- replication