methods crossword

2. Under what conditions is that likely to happen again?
5. Easy to replicate as a fixed set of closed questions are used, which are easy to quantify–this means it is easy to test for reliability.
7. Respondents may lie, population may not be representative, the questions may be leading
9. refers to the consistency of a research study or measuring test
11. systematic collection and examination of data
13. Internal validity refers to whether the effects observed in a study are due to the manipulation of the independent variable and not some other factor
16. Anything that we know, we have learned through experience
17. the entire group of interest to the researcher and the group to which they wish to generalize findings; a group from which a sample is chosen
19. how can we apply our principle to make this happen again

1. Not flexible
3. The test-retest method assesses the external consistency of a test.
4. Again all tests are designed to measure something; hopefully something specific.
6. an essential part of the scientific process.
8. Quick and done properly can gather accurate info from a large sample
10. anything you can do that can be observed
12. certain elementary ideas are innate to the human mind; not gained through experience
14. plato’s student believed that who we are and what we know are acquired from experience
15. The fraction of any population selected for study and from which generalizations are made
18. philosopher that believed that who we are and what we know are innate