PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dependent And Independent Variables, Random Assignment, Descriptive Statistics
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Develop measurement techniques that are valid and reliable. This is the first goal of the research to develop measurement techniques that can be used clearly and precisely. Scientists believe they can explain the reason for events when they understand why those events happened. They can predict the reasons using hypotheses a tentative relationship between two or more variables. Variable are the values that are controlled and observed in a study. To enhance your understanding of something, it"s best to apply it practically to really solidify its meaning. This is what scientists do they apply their research findings to school, hospitals and anywhere they can to test their results and to help others. Scientists don"t just test out the relationship between these variables they want to build a better understanding about behavior. To do this, they construct theories testable assumptions that can be backed with evidence and that explain a set of observations.
