PSYC 201W Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Statistical Inference, Standard Deviation, Level Of Measurement
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Falsifiability is a criterion for judging whether a question is ______ testable. What is a causal inference: temporal order (x before y, covariation (x happens to change y, nothing else can be causing it (all other plausible factors) What is operationism: to measure it or manipulate it, the exact procedure that we use, defining a concept. Important so that everyone knows how your testing it (necessary for replication) 3 types of scientific claims (types of hypothesis: descriptive (what are the characteristics of this population of interest) Usually you need this to make more complex claims: relational (are these 2 or more variables related) X and y are related or x is predictive of y: causal (does this specific factor or set of factors lead to changes in this outcome) Experiments involving human subjects are always social situations. Abstract = last thing you do in your paper. 1-2 sentences for each section of your paper states research problem and hypothesis.