PSYC 2017 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Operational Definition, Determinism
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There is no way to separate accurate from inaccurate knowledge. in science used to form some hypothesis. The authority can be wrong or have different priorities. In science used in the design phase of a study. Rationalism- knowledge from reasoning. in science used to derive the hypothesis. Not everything can be perceived directly, and perception can be biased by expectation and past experience. Science- acquiring knowledge that reduces errors and biases of the other methods, it combines empiricism, rationalism, intuition and authority. Identification of the problem and forming a hypothesis: express the expected or predicted relationships between the variables, stated in a form that is testable and refutable, designing the experiment, experimental variables i. Independent variables: study method, response variables, dependent variables, test performance, conducting the experiment, testing the hypothesis through stat. analysis, communicating the research results. Induction- reasoning from specific to general specific experiments to general hypothesis or theory sample to population.