Chapter Two Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. when the knowledge that one is being observed alters the behavior being observed.
  2. 4. an orderly procedure carried out with the goal of verifying, refuting, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis
  3. 8. repetition of an experiment to confirm the results
  4. 9. studies/ A research method that onvolves the intensive examination of unusual people or organizations.
  5. 10. method a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge
  6. 11. observation/a research tool in which a subject is observed in its natural habitat without any manipulation by the observer.
  7. 12. observation/A type of descriptive study in which the researcher is actively involved in the situation.
  8. 14. something in the world that can vary and that a researcher can measure.
  9. 15. bias/In an experiment, unintended differences between the participants in different groups.
Down
  1. 1. a subset of a population
  2. 2. is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon;A specific prediction of what should be observed if a theory is correct
  3. 5. a contemplative and rational type of abstract or generalizing thinking, or the results of such thinking.
  4. 6. studies/A research method that compares participants in different groups at the same time.
  5. 7. studies/ is used to describe characteristics of a population or phenomenon being studied. It does not answer questions about how/when/why the characteristics occurred.
  6. 13. The extent to which an experimental measure is free from error.
  7. 16. bias/systematic errors in observation that occur because of an observer's expectations.