Across
- 4. studying the same people over many years
- 8. bias when the researcher accidentally influences results
- 11. thinking two things are related when they aren’t
- 13. a personal belief, not necessarily factual
- 14. the factor you manipulate
- 15. a sneaky extra factor that messes up your results
- 18. when two things change together but don’t necessarily cause each other
- 20. repeating a study to confirm findings
- 23. something objectively true
- 25. based on direct observation or data
- 26. the group that doesn’t get the treatment
- 28. reasoning starting with a general rule and applying it to a specific case
- 31. when participants drop out over time
- 34. research comparing different age groups at one moment in time
- 37. when the person watching influences what they record
- 41. group the group that receives the treatment
- 42. neither participants nor researchers know who gets what
- 44. using math to interpret data
- 46. randomly placing people into groups
- 47. committee that approves animal research
- 48. a testable prediction
- 49. when one variable directly produces a change in another
- 50. choosing participants so everyone has an equal chance
Down
- 1. improvement caused by expectations, not treatment
- 2. a precise description of how you measure something
- 3. the number that shows how strong a correlation is
- 5. committee that approves human research
- 6. variable the outcome you measure
- 7. intentionally misleading participants
- 9. both variables increase or decrease together
- 10. the people who take part in a study
- 12. when different observers agree on what they see
- 16. the entire group you want to study
- 17. as one variable goes up, the other goes down
- 19. studying old records instead of collecting new data
- 21. explaining the true purpose of a study afterward
- 22. whether a test measures what it claims to measure
- 24. only noticing evidence that supports what you already believe
- 27. research checked by experts before publication
- 29. participants agreeing to a study with full knowledge
- 30. consistency of results
- 32. a broad explanation backed by evidence
- 33. using specific examples to form a general rule
- 35. participants don’t know which group they’re in
- 36. watching behavior in a real‑world setting
- 38. asking people questions to gather data
- 39. an in‑depth look at one unusual person or small group
- 40. able to be proven wrong
- 43. the smaller group you actually study
- 45. applying findings to a larger population