Exam 1: Introduction

A(n)_______________ is the result of a systematic process that leads to a specific set of research-based recommendations for practice that usually includes some estimates of how strong the evidence is for each recommendation.

Reasoning that moves from the more general to the more specific is referred to as ____.

A cross-sectional study is one that takes place at a single point in time.

Elsa periodically reviews documents on the National Institutes of Health website that describe issues the NIH wants to have addressed by researchers.Eliza is most likely looking at ____.

The research-practice continuum starts with ____.

A positive relationship between two variables may also be referred to as an inverse relationship.

What type of validity is most concerned with whether there is a relationship between the variables?​

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

The ____ is a specific statement of prediction that usually states what is expected to happen in a study.

Chloe tests an intervention for kindergartners who become upset and refuse to attend school.She has found it works well in the small rural school for her first study and is now testing it in other settings such as the suburbs and in inner-city schools.In doing so,she is addressing ____ validity.

The act of translating a construct into its manifestation is called ____.

In ____,individuals with expertise in the field critique a paper that has been submitted for publication.

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

Bonita is participating in a longitudinal study that began when she was only two years old.Now in her late 20s,Bonita has undergone a series of cognitive tests every six months for more than 25 years.The study in which Bonita is participating is best described as a(n)____ study.

Bruce is conducting research about family interactions and wants to include both individual-level data and family-level data.He is most likely using _______________ modeling.

Maris wants to document the coping methods of family caregivers for individuals with Alzheimer's disease as the dementia progresses.She is conducting ____ research.

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

A(n)_______________ hypothesis simply predicts that the experimental and control groups will differ,but does not predict the direction of the difference.

The purpose of peer review is for other researchers to exactly repeat the procedures of an experiment to see whether they get the same results.

Dave's team has developed an intervention for use with high school students who are facing the unexpected death of a fellow student.This approach has been tested in a typical university community in the southern United States.Dave is now testing the intervention in urban areas and also has plans to test it in a number of other areas.Dave is conducting ____.