EPSY Research Methods Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A study that is aimed to determine the effect of studying hours on exam scores, but it does not take into account the knowledge participants have on the subject.
  2. 4. When one event directly causes another; a change in one variable directly leads to a change in another. It’s necessary to have covariation, a time-order relationship, and the elimination of plausible alternative causes.
  3. 7. A doctor doing a clinical trial for a new type of medicine where they randomly assign patients to either an experimental group or a control group. What kind of study is this?
  4. 9. The factor that is manipulated or controlled in an experiment to test its effects on the dependent variable
  5. 10. Some key features include empirical questions, systematic empiricism, and public knowledge. It also has to be falsifiable.
  6. 11. For example, The growth of plants can be compared under different amounts of sunlight, what is the first variable called?
  7. 12. The entire group of individuals, items, or data that a study is focused on
  8. 13. A smaller group randomly selected from a population for a study
  9. 14. A statistical measure that shows the relationship between two variables
Down
  1. 1. Practices and beliefs that their supporters assert as scientific, and may initially seem so, but lack true scientific validity and don’t follow the scientific method. They also include claims that can’t be proven false, and accept/use any evidence that supports their idea instead of looking for contradicting evidence.
  2. 3. A healthcare worker wants to compare the physical fitness levels across individuals from different age groups, so they randomly choose a few people from each age group
  3. 5. Researchers came up with the question “what is people’s favorite type of music?” They then developed a questionnaire asking, “what is your favorite music genre?” and gave it to 100 people. What study method is this?
  4. 6. Does a new after-school reading program improve students' test scores? The researcher assigns students into two different groups non-randomly and then compares the two groups under different treatments. What study method is this?
  5. 8. A sampling method where every individual or item in a population has an equal chance of being selected