[SPAN 101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (78 pages long)
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Variable manipulated during research: dependent variable. Variable the researcher is interested n knowing more about. Depends on changes in the independent variable: ex. Iv: amount of time we, as college students, spend on social media. Dv: any aspe(cid:272)t of (cid:272)ollege student"s life (cid:894)grades, gpa, sleep(cid:895) The way in which a researcher measures a variable: must be clear and precise, needed for each variable, example: ask students how many hours they spend on social media per week and their gpa. Extent to which something measures what it says it is going to measure: reliability. The extent to which research produces consistent or dependable results: something can be reliable without being valid; it cannot be valid without being reliable, dartboard analogy. Throw ten darts, none of them hit where they are supposed to=thrower is not reliable/valid. If they hit the same area=reliable, but not valid. If they all hit the two center circle=both validity and reliability.
