Exam 1: Introduction

The term used to discuss the quality of various conclusions reached based on a research project is _______________.​

Reasoning that moves from specific observations to broader generalizations is referred to as ____.​

Drew believes that individuals with higher levels of social anxiety will be more likely to spend more time on social media.He defines social anxiety levels as scores on a common test of social anxiety.In defining it as a test score,Drew has ____ social anxiety.​

What type of validity is most concerned with whether the results can be generalized to other persons,places,and times?​

Documents published by government agencies and some companies that describe some problem that the agency would like researchers to address are called _______________.​

Aware of the controversy surrounding dietary treatments for autism spectrum disorders,Rebecca identifies relevant research and then uses statistical methods to combine the results of similar studies quantitatively in order to allow general conclusions to be made.Her work is best described as ____.​

​The degree to which the conclusions in a study would hold for other persons in other places and at other times is referred to as _______________.

What type of validity is most concerned with whether there is a causal relationship?​

The _______________ is the macro-level effort to accumulate knowledge across multiple empirical systematic public research projects.​

The ____ is a specific statement of prediction that usually states there is no effect of the experimental manipulation.​

Elizabeth is a therapist at a residential treatment center for children and adolescents with eating disorders.She is aware that,in order for a treatment to be covered by insurance or other third-party payers,it must have a basis in research.This is commonly referred to as ____.​

An independent variable is what the experimenter (or nature)manipulates.​

​Social research is ____,meaning that much of it is concerned with developing,exploring,or testing the ideas that social researchers have about how the world operates.

Research is a type of systematic investigation that is empirical in nature and is designed to contribute to public knowledge.​

In causal studies,the interest is in the effects of some cause on one or more ____.​

Studies designed to determine whether one or more treatment variables affects one or more outcome variables are called _______________ studies.​

​A(n)_______________ focuses on a specific question or issue and uses specific preplanned methods to identify,select,assess,and summarize the findings of multiple research studies.

Studies designed primarily to document what is going on or what exists are called _______________ studies.​

A(n)_______________ is a systematic compilation and written summary of all of the literature published in scientific journals that is related to a research topic of interest.

The branch of philosophy that holds that ideas evolve through the process of natural selection is _______________.​