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Creating and testing models that may suggest cause-and-

Causal modeling
effect relationships among behaviors.

In a correlational study, an estimate of the amount of

Coefficient of determination variability in scores on one variable that can be explained
by the other variable.

The degree of relationship between two traits, behaviors, or

Correlation
events, represented by r.

A study designed to determine the correlation between two

Correlational study
traits, behaviors, or events.

A method in which the same set of behaviors or

characteristics are measured at two separate points in time,
Cross-lagged panel design often years apart ; six different correlations are computed,
and the pattern of correlations is used to infer the causal
direction.

A method in which different groups of subjects who are at

Cross-sectional study different stages are measured at a single point in time; a
method that looks for time-related changes.

A study in which a researcher systematically examines the

effects of pre-existing subject characteristics , often called
Ex post facto study
subject variables, by forming groups based on these
naturally occurring differences between subjects.

A correlation-based method for estimating a score on one

Linear regression analysis measured behavior from a score on the other when two
behaviors are strongly related.

A method in which the same group of subjects is followed

Longitudinal design and measured at different points in time; a method that
looks for changes across time.

Statistical intercorrelations among three or more behaviors,

Multiple correlation
represented by R.

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Experimental Psychology Chapter 5

A correlation-based technique, from multiple correlation,
Multiple regression analysis that uses a regression equation to predict the score on one
behavior from scores on the other related behaviors.

The relationship existing between two variables such that an

Negative correlation increase in one is associated with a decrease in the other;
also called an inverse relationship.

A design in which the researcher compares the effects of

Nonequivalent groups design different treatment conditions on preexisting groups of
participants.

An analysis that allows the statistical influence of one

Partial correlation measured variable to be held constant while computing the
correlation between the other two measured variables.

An important correlation-based method in which subjects

are measured on several related behaviors; the researcher
Path analysis
creates , and tests, models of possible causal sequences
using sophisticated correlational techniques.

The relationship between two measures such that an

Positive correlation increase in the value of one is associated with an increase in
the value of the other; also called a direct relationship.

A research design used to assess whether the occurrence of

an event alters behavior; scores from measurements made
Pretest/posttest design
before and after the event (called the pretest and posttest)
are compared.

Often seem like, as the prefix quasi- implie, real experiments,

but they lack one or more of its essential elements, such as
Quasi-experimental designs
manipulation of antecedents and random assignment to
treatment conditions.

The line of best fit; represents the equation that best

Regression line describes the mathematical relationship between two
variables measured in a correlational study.

A graph of data from a correlational study, created by

plotting pairs of scores from each subject; the value of one
Scatterplot
variable is plotted on the X (horizontal) axis and the other
variable on the Y (vertical) axis.

Simple correlations Relationships between pairs of scores from each subject.

The characteristics of the subjects in an experiment or quasi-

Subject variable experiment that cannot be manipulated by the researcher;
sometimes used to select subjects into groups.

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