Match the Term with the Definition

Short Answer

Match the term with the definition.
1) hypothesis
2) operational definition
3) survey
4) population
5) random sample
6) sample
7) median
8) mean
9) stratified random sample
10) fieldwork
11) rapport
12) generalizability
13) experimental group
14) control group
15) unobtrusive measures
-A) in a series of scores, the score that falls halfway between the top and bottom scores
B) the collection of data by having people answer a series of questions
C) a sample from selected subgroups of the target population in which everyone in those subgroups has an equal chance of being included in the research
D) ways of observing people who do not know that they are being studied
E) a feeling of trust that connects the researcher and the people being studied
F) the precise way in which a researcher measures a variable
G) a study in which the researcher participates in a research setting while observing what is happening in that setting (also called participant observation)
H) the group of subjects who are exposed to the independent variable
I) the group of subjects who are not exposed to the independent variable
J) a sample in which everyone in the target population has the same chance of being included in the study
K) the extent to which findings from one group can be applied to other groups
L) in a series of scores, the arithmetic average reached by adding the scores and dividing the total by the number of scores
M) a statement regarding the ways in which variables are expected to be related to one another, often according to predictions from a theory
N) the individuals intended to represent the population to be studied
O) the target group to be studied