Chapter 2 Psych Vocab

Case Studies

Central Tendency

Confounding Variables

Descriptive Statistics

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Experiment

Experimental Group

Hypothesis

Inferential Statistics

Naturalistic Observations

Normal Distribution

Placebo

Population

Quantitative Data

Quasi-Experiment

Random Assignment

Random Selection

Reliability

Skewed Distribution

Surveys

Researcher bias

Participant bias

Correlation Studies

Correlation coefficient

Positive Correlation

Negative Correlation

Zero Correlation

Longitudinal Study

Cross-sectional study

Dependent variable

Operational Definitions

68-95-99.7 Rule

Standard deviation

Mean

Median

Mode

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