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Across
  1. 6. Features of a definition including willingness to change with new evidence, Takes account of all new discoveries, Verifiable results, Accurate measurement
  2. 9. The variable being directly manipulated in an experiment
  3. 10. The entire group of individuals or items that the researcher is interested in studying.
  4. 11. Dividing the population into distinct subgroups or strata that share similar characteristics. For example, separate people in groups based on their age and gender.
  5. 12. Non repeatable results instead of repeatable results, Fixed ideas instead of willingness to change with new evidence and Ballpark estimates instead of accurate measurements. Ex: Astrology
  6. 14. A connection/relationship between two or more separate variables.
Down
  1. 1. A scenario where one variable directly creates or affects another variable; cause and effect.
  2. 2. A 3rd variable that can have correlation between 2 events regardless of if they have connection. Ex. The number of Ice cream sales in a day increases as the number of shark attacks in a day also increases. .
  3. 3. A study where the experiment is not differentiated into random groups. Ex a study on academic performance and the effects of a study group where the group is determined by who wants to be in the study group.
  4. 4. A research method that is able to reach a large group of people and gather information at little or no cost. It can be conducted online, through mail, or in person.Ex. The UMN Student Success Team sends these out to students to check in on how the semester is going.
  5. 5. A subset of individuals or items selected from a larger population for the purpose of conducting research. For example, 100 students are chosen from G10 to complete the survey.
  6. 7. a study where the experiment has a manipulated variable to study the effect. Ex. a study on medicine effects where one random group is given the drug and the other random group is given a placebo.
  7. 8. Scientists are wondering how tall plants will grow in different light conditions. What variable is the height of plants?
  8. 13. Each member of a population has an equal chance of being selected. For example:Researchers randomly choose 100 people for the survey.