Examlex
A scientist, conducting a research study on sleep and learning, questions her own objectivity and decides to let a third person, not associated with conducting the experiment, score the tests. The scientist is probably trying to eliminate __________.
a. experimenter bias
b. sample bias
c. control bias
d. treatment bias
Case Study
An in-depth investigation of a single individual, group, event, or community, typically used in psychology to examine and illustrate broader principles or phenomena.
Reliability
The degree to which an assessment tool produces stable and consistent results over time.
Aggregate Measurements
A type of measurement that combines data from multiple sources or individuals to provide a collective or summary measure.
Error Variance
Error variance refers to the portion of variability in a set of data that results from factors other than the independent variable, often attributed to random or uncontrolled variables.
Q15: As you develop your hypothesis and design
Q38: The main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the nervous
Q40: A psychology graduate student is employed as
Q111: Participants in modern psychology experiments are given
Q164: Dr. Watson wanted to know which gender
Q171: If the distribution of quiz scores for
Q173: _ psychology is a branch of applied
Q183: Which of these research methods would a
Q246: Because _ is a primary inhibitory neurotransmitter,
Q276: A victim of a car wreck with