Intro Psychology Vocab Crossword

the behavior or mental process that is being measured, the factor that may change as a result of manipulation of the independent variable
can be achieved by putting all of the names in a hat and picking out a specified number of names, by alphabetizing the roster of enrollees and choosing every fifth name, or by using a table of random numbers to choose participants
The factor the researcher manipulates
The imitation pill, injection, patch, or other treatment
limit confidence in research conclusions
describes the specific procedure used to determine the presence of a variable
research design in which participants don’t know whether they are in the experimental or control group
The clues participants discover about the purpose of the study, including rumors they hear about the study suggesting how they should respond
consistency or repeatability
the extent to which an instrument measures or predicts what it is supposed to measure or predict
measures the average difference between each score and the mean of the data set
paired X and Y scores for each subject are plotted as single points on a graph
provides a way of statistically combining the results of individual research studies to reach an overall conclusion
a measure of the likelihood that the difference between groups results from a real difference between the two groups rather than from chance alone