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27 November 2013
- 02:0302:03, 27 November 2013 diff hist +262 N Matching Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=One method of controlling extraneous variables that involves matching test units on a set of key background variables before assigning them to ..." current
- 02:0102:01, 27 November 2013 diff hist +309 N Randomization Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=One method of controlling extraneous variables that involves randomly assigning test units to experimental groups by using random numbers. Trea..." current
- 01:5901:59, 27 November 2013 diff hist +181 N Confounding Variables Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Synonymous with extraneous variables, used to illustrate that extraneous variables can confound the results by influencing the dependent variab..." current
- 01:5701:57, 27 November 2013 diff hist +133 N Mortality Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An extraneous variable attributable to the loss of test units while the experiment is in progress. }}" current
- 01:5601:56, 27 November 2013 diff hist +202 N Selection Bias Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An extraneous variable attributable to the improper assignment of test units to treatment conditions. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia..." current
- 01:5501:55, 27 November 2013 diff hist +175 N Statistical Regression Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An extraneous variable that occurs when test units with extreme scores move closer to the average score during the course of the experiment. }}" current
25 November 2013
- 12:5512:55, 25 November 2013 diff hist +211 N Instrumentation Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An extraneous variable involving changes in the measuring instrument or in the observers or scores themselves. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.w..." current
- 12:5312:53, 25 November 2013 diff hist +65 Interactive Testing Effect No edit summary current
- 12:5312:53, 25 November 2013 diff hist +135 N Interactive Testing Effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testing_effect
- 12:5212:52, 25 November 2013 diff hist +182 N Main Testing Effect Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An effect of testing occurring when a prior observation affects a latter observation. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_ef..." current
- 12:5112:51, 25 November 2013 diff hist +147 N Maturation Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An extraneous variable attributable to changes in the test units themselves that occur with the passage of time. }}" current
- 12:5012:50, 25 November 2013 diff hist +190 N History Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Specific events that are external to the experiment but occur at the same time as the experiment. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/..." current
- 12:4912:49, 25 November 2013 diff hist +208 N External Validity Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=A determination of whether the cause-and-effect relationships found in the experiment can be generalized. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipe..."
- 12:4812:48, 25 November 2013 diff hist +279 N Internal Validity Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=A Measure of accuracy of an experiment. It measures whether the manipulation of the independent variables, or treatments, actually caused the e..." current
- 12:4612:46, 25 November 2013 diff hist +293 N Experimental Design Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The set of experimental procedures specifying 1) the test units and sampling procedures, 2) independent variables, 3) dependent variables, and ..." current
- 12:4412:44, 25 November 2013 diff hist +268 N Experiment Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The process of manipulating one or more independent variables and measuring their effect on one or more dependent variables, while controlling ..." current
- 12:4212:42, 25 November 2013 diff hist +216 N Extraneous Variables Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Variables, other than the independent variables, that influence the response of the test units. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/wi..."
- 12:4112:41, 25 November 2013 diff hist +116 N Dependent Variables Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Variables that measure the effect of the independent variables on the test units. }}" current
- 12:3912:39, 25 November 2013 diff hist +152 N Test Units Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Individuals, organizations, or other entities whose response to independent variables or treatments is being studied. }}" current
- 12:3812:38, 25 November 2013 diff hist +128 N Independent Variables Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Variables that are manipulated by the researcher and whose effects are measured and compared. }}" current
- 12:3712:37, 25 November 2013 diff hist +203 N Concomitant Variation Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=A condition for inferring causality that requires that a cause, X, and an effect, Y, occur together or vary together as predicted by the hypoth..." current
- 12:3612:36, 25 November 2013 diff hist +169 N Causality Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=When the Occurrence of X increases the probability of the occurrence of Y. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casuality }}" current
- 12:3412:34, 25 November 2013 diff hist +976 N Causal Research Design: Experimental Created page with "{{Topic |Learning Concepts=Causality, Concomitant Variation, Independent Variables, Test Units, Dependent Variables, Extraneous variables, Experiment, Experimental Design, In..."
24 November 2013
- 16:5616:56, 24 November 2013 diff hist +267 N Mystery Shopping Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Trained observers pose as consumers and shop at company or competitor owned stores to collect data about customer employee interaction and othe..." current
- 16:5416:54, 24 November 2013 diff hist +131 N Trace Analysis Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An approach in which data collection is based on physical traces, or evidence, of past behavior. }}" current
- 16:5316:53, 24 November 2013 diff hist +200 N Content Analysis Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The objective, systematic and quantitative description of the manifest content of a communication. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org..." current
- 16:5216:52, 24 November 2013 diff hist +159 N Pantry Audit Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=A type of audit where the researcher inventories the brands, quantities, and package sizes of products in a consumer's home. }}" current
- 16:5116:51, 24 November 2013 diff hist +74 N Response Latency Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The amount of time it takes to respond. }}" current
- 16:5016:50, 24 November 2013 diff hist +112 N Voice Pitch Analysis Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Measurement of emotional reactions through changes in the respondent's voice. }}" current
- 16:4916:49, 24 November 2013 diff hist +130 N Galvanic Skin Response Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Changes in the electrical resistance of the skin that relate to a respondent's affective state. }}" current
- 16:4816:48, 24 November 2013 diff hist +101 N Psychogalvanometer Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An instrument that measures a respondent's galvanic skin response. }}" current
- 16:4716:47, 24 November 2013 diff hist +163 N Mechanical Observation Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An observational research strategy in which mechanical devices rather than human observers record the phenomenon being observed. }}" current
- 16:4616:46, 24 November 2013 diff hist +144 N Personal Observation Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=An observational research strategy in which human observes record the phenomenon being observed as it occurs. }}" current
- 16:4516:45, 24 November 2013 diff hist +86 N Contrived Observations Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The behavior observed in an artificial environment. }}" current
- 16:4416:44, 24 November 2013 diff hist +91 N Natural Observations Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Observing behavior as it takes place in the environment. }}" current
- 16:4316:43, 24 November 2013 diff hist +150 N Unstructured Observation Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Observation that involves a researcher monitoring all relevant phenomena without specifying the details in advance. }}" current
- 16:4216:42, 24 November 2013 diff hist +171 N Structured Observation Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Observation techniques where the researcher clearly defines the behaviors to be observed and the methods by which they will be measured. }}" current
- 16:3516:35, 24 November 2013 diff hist +243 N Observation Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The recording of behavioral patterns of people, objects, and events in a systematic manner to obtain information about the phenomenon of intere..." current
- 16:3316:33, 24 November 2013 diff hist +211 N Incidence Rate Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The rate of occurrence of persons eligible to participate in the study expressed as a percentage. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/..." current
- 16:3216:32, 24 November 2013 diff hist +159 N Social Desirability Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=the tendency of the respondents to give answers that may not be accurate but that may be desirable from a social standpoint. }}" current
- 16:3116:31, 24 November 2013 diff hist +145 N Perceived Anonymity Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The respondents' perceptions that their identities will not be discerned by the interviewer or the researcher. }}" current
- 16:3016:30, 24 November 2013 diff hist +204 N Field Force Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The field force is made up of both the actual interviewers and the supervisors involved in data collection. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wiki..." current
- 16:2916:29, 24 November 2013 diff hist +80 N Critical Request Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The Target behavior that is being researched. }}" current
- 16:2816:28, 24 November 2013 diff hist +171 N Non Response Bias Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=When actual respondents differ from those who refuse to participate. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-response_bias }}"
- 16:2716:27, 24 November 2013 diff hist +167 N Response Rate Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The percentage of the total attempted interviews that are completed. |Wikipedia reference=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response_rate }}" current
- 16:2616:26, 24 November 2013 diff hist +225 N Random Digit Directory Design Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=A research design for telephone surveys in which a sample of numbers is drawn from the telephone directory and modified to allow unpublished nu..." current
- 16:2416:24, 24 November 2013 diff hist +239 N Random Digit Dialing Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=A technique used to overcome the bias of unpublished and recent telephone numbers by selecting all telephone number digits at random. |Wikipedi..." current
- 16:2316:23, 24 November 2013 diff hist +240 N Sampling Frame Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=A representation of the elements of the target population. It consists of a list or set of directions for identifying the target population. |W..." current
- 16:2116:21, 24 November 2013 diff hist +137 N Sample Control Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=The ability of the survey mode to reach the units specified in the sample effectively and efficiently. }}"
- 16:2016:20, 24 November 2013 diff hist +218 N Hypertext Mark up Language Created page with "{{Learning concept |Description=Hypertext markup language (HTML) is the language of the web, comprising a set of symbols and codes used for structuring content. |Wikipedia ref..." current