Psychology: Confounding Variables and Research Validity

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What is the primary goal of deductive reasoning in the scientific method?

To compare observations with predictions

To form a tentative answer or explanation

To generate a testable prediction from a hypothesis

To evaluate the prediction by making systematic planned observations (correct)

Which type of reliability refers to the consistency between measures delivered at different times?

Simultaneous measurement

Successive measurement (correct)

Inter-rater reliability

International consistency

What is the term for the process of selecting participants for a study?

Data collection

Sampling (correct)

Hypothesis testing

Experimental design

Which of the following is a key principle of the scientific method?

Empiricism Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the consistency between different parts of a measure?

International consistency Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between reliability and validity?

Reliability refers to consistency, while validity refers to accuracy Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the stability or consistency of a measurement?

Reliability Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the type of error that occurs due to external factors?

Environmental factors Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of evaluating a hypothesis by making systematic and planned observations?

Deductive reasoning Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the consistency between the use of the same measure at the same time by different people?

Simultaneous measurement Signup and view all the answers

Psychology: Confounding Variables and Research Validity

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What is the primary goal of deductive reasoning in the scientific method?

Which type of reliability refers to the consistency between measures delivered at different times?

What is the term for the process of selecting participants for a study?

Which of the following is a key principle of the scientific method?

What is the term for the consistency between different parts of a measure?

What is the primary difference between reliability and validity?

What is the term for the stability or consistency of a measurement?

What is the term for the type of error that occurs due to external factors?

What is the term for the process of evaluating a hypothesis by making systematic and planned observations?

What is the term for the consistency between the use of the same measure at the same time by different people?

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