Science Causation Experimentation Issues in Research Miscellaneous
100
What is theory?
The aim of science
100
What is causal explanation?
Identifying that a causal relationship exists between A & B
100
What is random assignment OR randomization?
Assigning participants to experimental conditions on a random basis
100
What is the purpose of statistics in research?
To protect the public
100
Who is Larissa's dog?
She is named Sophia
200
What are Peirce's 4 Ways of Knowing?
-Tenacity
-Authority
-A priori
-Science
200
What is a moderator variable?
A variable that influences the effects of treatment
200
What is a randomized experiment?
Research study in which the researcher manipulates the IV and randomly assigns participants to groups
200
What is external validity?
How much we can generalize causal inferences to the larger population
200
Who is Platt?
He coined the term 'Strong Inference'
300
What is determinism?
The philosophical doctrine that every state of affairs, including every human event, act, and decision is the inevitable consequence of antecedent states of affairs.
300
What are Hume's conditions for causation?
Temporal precedence, contiguity, constant conjunction
300
What is a quasi-experiment?
Research study in which the researcher manipulates the IV, but does not use random assignment when placing participants in groups
300
What is an inference?
A tentative conclusion about our observational data
300
What is Type I error?
Rejecting a true null hypothesis
400
What is inductive?
The kind of world we live in.
400
What is Facebook?
The "cause" of the Greek debt crisis
400
What is internal validity?
The validity of inferences about whether the relationship between two variables is causal
400
What is sampling error?
The #1 confound
400
What is the General Linear Model?
1) Specify the statistical hypotheses
2) Specify the statistical model
3) Estimate the parameters of the model
4) Assess goodness of fit/effect size
5) Test hypotheses on the model parameters
6) Assess the adequacy of the model
7) Make a decision
500
What is Stocastic or probabilistic?
In this model, error exists
500
What are the five principles necessary to draw a causal connection?
Surface similarity, ruling out irrelevancies, making discriminations, interpolation and extrapolation, causal explanation
500
What is a natural experiment?
Examines the differences between a naturally occurring phenomenon and comparison group
500
What is research design?
How we control error
500
What is Megan's birthday?
October 29th






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