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What are the Four goals of scientific research?

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Describe Behavior Predict Behavior Determine cause of Behavior Understand/Explain Behavior

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Someone who is involved in the research process and conducts experiments.

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Producer

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Someone who reads about research and applies it to their work or life.

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Consumer

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What are three features of good scientific theories?

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Supported by data Falsifiable Have parsimony (simplicity)

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A set of statements that describe general principles about how variables relate to one another.

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Theory

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A way of stating the specific outcome a researchers expects to observe (prediction).

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Hypothesis

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Set of observations representing the values of some variable, collected from one or more research studies

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Data

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Research done with a practical problem in mind with the hopes that findings will be directly applied to solution of that problem in real-world context

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Applied Research

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Research intended to enhance the general body of knowledge of a subject

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Basic Research

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Research which uses basic research to develop and test applications to health care, psychotherapy, or other forms of treatment and intervention

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Translational Research

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The use of verifiable evidence as the basis for conclusions - collecting data systematically and using it to develop, support, or challenge a theory

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Empiricism