ABSTRACT
This comprehensive reference organizes extensive definitions and examples of key concepts in quantitative research into a single, convenient source. Alphabetically arranged and cross-referenced, The Handbook of Research and Quantitative Methods In Psychology presents:
* experimental procedures,
* research designs,
* statistical methods,
* information theory,
* psychophysics,
* behavioral terminology,
* scaling and testing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
letter |15 pages
A
entry |1 pages
ABA Design
entry |1 pages
ABAB Design
entry |1 pages
ABBA Sequence
entry |1 pages
Abscissa
entry |2 pages
Absolute Judgment, Method of (syn. Single Stimuli, Method of)
entry |1 pages
Absolute Scaling
entry |1 pages
Absolute Threshold (syn. Stimulus Threshold, abbr. RL)
entry |1 pages
A × B (A by B) Design
entry |1 pages
A × Subjects (A by Subjects) Design
entry |1 pages
Acceleration
entry |1 pages
Acceptance Region
entry |1 pages
Accidental Error
entry |1 pages
Accidental Sampling
entry |2 pages
Accuracy
entry |1 pages
Achievement Test
entry |1 pages
Acquisition Phase
entry |1 pages
Active Avoidance Training
entry |1 pages
Activity Box
entry |1 pages
Activity Wheel
entry |1 pages
Adaptation
entry |1 pages
Adaptation Phase
entry |1 pages
Additivity
entry |1 pages
Adjusting Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Adjustment, Method of (syn. Average Error, Method of)
entry |1 pages
Ad Lib(itum) Weight
entry |1 pages
After-Test Design
entry |1 pages
Algorithm
entry |1 pages
Alienation, Coefficient of (symb. k)
entry |1 pages
Alpha (symb. α)
entry |1 pages
Alpha Error
entry |1 pages
Alpha Error Rate
entry |1 pages
Alpha Level
entry |1 pages
Alternate-Forms Method
entry |1 pages
Alternate (Alternative) Hypothesis
entry |1 pages
Alternating-Conditions Design
entry |1 pages
Alternative Hypothesis
entry |1 pages
Alternative Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. Alt)
entry |1 pages
Ambiguous Figures
entry |1 pages
Ames' Distorted Room
entry |1 pages
Ames' Window
entry |1 pages
Among Groups
entry |1 pages
Amplitude of Response
entry |1 pages
Anagram Task
entry |2 pages
Analysis of Covariance (abbr. ANCOVA)
entry |1 pages
Analysis of Variance (abbr. ANOVA)
entry |1 pages
Analysis of Variance for Ranked Data (syn. Friedman's Two-Way Analysis of Variance for Ranked Data)
entry |1 pages
Analysis-of-Variance Summary Table
entry |1 pages
Analytic ABAB Design
entry |1 pages
Anchor Stimulus
entry |1 pages
ANCOVA (syn. ANCOV; ANCOVAR)
entry |1 pages
Anecdotal Method
entry |1 pages
ANOVA (syn. ANOV; ANOVAR)
entry |2 pages
Antecedent Condition
entry |1 pages
Antedating Response
entry |1 pages
Anticipation Method
entry |1 pages
Anticipatory Response
entry |1 pages
A Posteriori Comparison
entry |1 pages
A Posteriori Probability
entry |2 pages
A Posteriori Test (syn. Post Hoc Test; Supplemental Test; contr. A Priori Test)
entry |1 pages
Apparent Limits
entry |1 pages
Appetitive Conditioning (contr. Aversive Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Applied Research (contr. Basic Research)
entry |1 pages
A Priori Comparison
entry |1 pages
A Priori Probability
entry |1 pages
A Priori Test (syn. Planned Comparison; contr. A Posteriori Test)
entry |1 pages
Aptitude Test
entry |1 pages
a-Reaction Time
entry |1 pages
Arc Sine Transformation
entry |2 pages
Area Sampling (syn. Block Sampling)
entry |1 pages
Arithmetic Mean
entry |1 pages
Artifact
entry |1 pages
Ascending/Descending Series
entry |1 pages
Ascending Series
entry |1 pages
Asch-Type Stimuli
entry |2 pages
Association, Coefficient of (symb. Q; syn. Yule's Q)
entry |1 pages
Association Test
entry |1 pages
Association, Test for
entry |1 pages
Associative Matching
entry |1 pages
Associative Reaction Time
entry |1 pages
Assumption
entry |2 pages
Asymptote
entry |1 pages
A Test (syn. Sandler's A Test)
entry |1 pages
Atmosphere Effect
entry |1 pages
Attitude Scale
entry |2 pages
Autocorrelation
entry |1 pages
Autokinetic Effect
entry |1 pages
Autonomic Conditioning
entry |2 pages
AutoShaping
entry |1 pages
Average
entry |1 pages
Average Deviation (abbr. AD)
entry |1 pages
Average Error, Method of
entry |1 pages
Aversion Training
entry |1 pages
Aversive Conditioning (contr. Appetitive Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Aversive Control
entry |1 pages
Aversive Stimulus (syn. Noxious Stimulus)
entry |1 pages
Avoidance Training
entry |1 pages
Axis
letter |9 pages
B
entry |1 pages
Backward Conditioning (contr. Forward Conditioning)
entry |2 pages
Backward Learning Curve
entry |1 pages
Backward Masking
entry |1 pages
Balanced Incomplete Blocks Design
entry |1 pages
Balanced Order
entry |1 pages
Bale's Technique
entry |2 pages
Bar Graph
entry |1 pages
Bartlett's Test
entry |1 pages
Basal Level (syn. Baseline; Operant Level)
entry |1 pages
Baseline
entry |1 pages
Baseline Trial
entry |1 pages
Basement Effect
entry |1 pages
Basic Research (syn. Pure Research; contr. Applied Research)
entry |2 pages
Bayesian Statistics (contr. Classical Inference Procedures)
entry |1 pages
b Coefficient (syn. b Weight)
entry |1 pages
Before-After Design
entry |1 pages
Bernoulli Experiment
entry |1 pages
Best-Fit Line
entry |1 pages
Beta
entry |1 pages
Beta Coefficient
entry |1 pages
Beta Distribution
entry |1 pages
Beta Error
entry |1 pages
Beta Weight
entry |1 pages
Between Factor
entry |1 pages
Between-Groups Design
entry |1 pages
Between-Groups Variable
entry |1 pages
Between-Subjects Design (syn. Between-Groups Design; contr. Within-Subjects Design)
entry |1 pages
Between-Subjects Variable (syn. Between-Groups Variable; contr. Within-Subjects Variable)
entry |1 pages
Bias
entry |1 pages
Biased Estimator
entry |1 pages
Biased Sample
entry |1 pages
Bimodal Distribution
entry |1 pages
Binary
entry |1 pages
Binary Digit
entry |1 pages
Binomial Distribution
entry |2 pages
Binomial Test
entry |1 pages
Bisection
entry |1 pages
Biserial Correlation Coefficient (symb. rb, rbis)
entry |1 pages
Bit
entry |2 pages
Bivariate Distribution
entry |1 pages
Bivariate Statistics
entry |1 pages
Blank Trial
entry |1 pages
Blind Assessment
entry |1 pages
Blind Procedure
entry |1 pages
Blind Scoring
entry |1 pages
Block
entry |1 pages
Block Design
entry |1 pages
Block of Trials
entry |2 pages
Block Randomization
entry |1 pages
Block Sampling
entry |1 pages
Blocked Presentation
entry |2 pages
Blocking Variable
entry |1 pages
Body Weight Schedule
entry |1 pages
Bogardus Scale
entry |1 pages
Bonferroni t Statistic (syn. Dunn's Procedure)
entry |1 pages
Boring's Mother-in-Law
entry |1 pages
Boundary Condition
entry |1 pages
b -Reaction Time
entry |1 pages
Buffer Trial
entry |1 pages
b Weight
entry |1 pages
Byte
letter |25 pages
C
entry |1 pages
Canonical Correlation
entry |1 pages
Canonical Variate
entry |1 pages
Carryover Effect (syn. Multiple Treatment Interference; Residual Effect)
entry |1 pages
Case History
entry |1 pages
Case Study (syn. Case History)
entry |1 pages
Causal Relationship
entry |1 pages
CCC
entry |1 pages
Ceiling Effect
entry |1 pages
Ceiling/Floor Effect
entry |1 pages
Cell
entry |1 pages
Cell Entry
entry |1 pages
Census Data
entry |1 pages
Centile
entry |1 pages
Centile Rank
entry |1 pages
Central Tendency, Measure of
entry |1 pages
Centroid
entry |1 pages
Centroid Method
entry |2 pages
Chained Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. Chain)
entry |1 pages
Chance
entry |1 pages
Chance
entry |1 pages
Chance Result
entry |1 pages
Chance Variation
entry |1 pages
Change-Over Delay
entry |1 pages
Change Score
entry |1 pages
Chi-Square Statistic (symb.
entry |1 pages
Choice Experiment
entry |1 pages
Choice Reaction Time
entry |1 pages
Classical Conditioning (syn. Pavlovian Conditioning; Respondent Conditioning; Type S Conditioning; contr. Instrumental Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Class Interval (symb. i)
entry |1 pages
Cloze Procedure
entry |1 pages
Cluster Analysis
entry |1 pages
Cochran's Test (syn. Cochran'sC)
entry |1 pages
Cochran's
entry |1 pages
Coding
entry |1 pages
Coding Test
entry |1 pages
Coefficient Alpha
entry |1 pages
Coefficient of
entry |1 pages
Combination
entry |1 pages
Common-Factor Variance
entry |1 pages
Common Variance
entry |1 pages
Communality
entry |1 pages
Comparison
entry |1 pages
Comparison Group
entry |1 pages
Comparison Stimulus (syn. Variable Stimulus) In
entry |1 pages
Compensatory Tracking Task (contr. Pursuit Tracking Task)
entry |1 pages
Complete Counterbalancing
entry |1 pages
Completely Between-Groups Design
entry |1 pages
Completely Randomized Design
entry |1 pages
Complex Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Composite Score
entry |1 pages
Compound Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Compound Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Comprehension Test
entry |2 pages
Concept Formation Task
entry |1 pages
Concomitant Variable (syn. Covariate)
entry |1 pages
Concordance, Coefficient of (symb. W)
entry |1 pages
Concurrent Chained Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. CONC Chain)
entry |2 pages
Concurrent Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. CONC)
entry |1 pages
Concurrent Validity
entry |1 pages
Condition (syn. Experimental Condition)
entry |1 pages
Conditional Probability
entry |1 pages
Conditional Response
entry |1 pages
Conditional Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Conditioned Reinforcement (syn. Learned Reinforcement; Secondary Reinforcement; contr. Primary Reinforcement)
entry |1 pages
Conditioned Response (abbr. CR; syn. Conditional Response)
entry |1 pages
Conditioned Stimulus (abbr. CS; syn. Conditional Stimulus)
entry |1 pages
Conditioned Suppression/Facilitation
entry |1 pages
Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Confidence Interval
entry |1 pages
Confidence Limits
entry |2 pages
Confidence Rating
entry |1 pages
Configurai Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Conformity Procedure
entry |1 pages
Confounded Designs
entry |2 pages
Confounding
entry |1 pages
Confusion Matrix
entry |1 pages
Conjoint Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |2 pages
Conjunctive Concept
entry |1 pages
Conjunctive Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. Conj)
entry |1 pages
Constant
entry |1 pages
Constant Error (contr. Random Error)
entry |2 pages
Constant Stimuli, Method of
entry |1 pages
Construct Validity
entry |1 pages
Contamination
entry |1 pages
Content Analysis
entry |2 pages
Content Validity (contr. Empirical Validity)
entry |1 pages
Contingency Coefficient (symb. C)
entry |1 pages
Contingency Table
entry |1 pages
Contingent Reinforcement (contr. Noncontingent Reinforcement)
entry |1 pages
Continuous Reinforcement (contr. Partial Reinforcement)
entry |1 pages
Continuous Variable (contr. Discrete Variable)
entry |1 pages
Contrast (syn. Comparison)
entry |1 pages
Control Group
entry |1 pages
Control Group Method
entry |1 pages
Control Variable
entry |1 pages
Controlled Association
entry |1 pages
Conversion of Scores
entry |2 pages
Coordinates
entry |1 pages
Correct Rejection
entry |1 pages
Correction for Continuity (syn. Yates' Correction for Continuity)
entry |1 pages
Correction Term
entry |1 pages
Correlated-Groups Design
entry |1 pages
Correlated-Measures Design
entry |1 pages
Correlated-Proportions Test (syn. McNemar Test; Test for Significance of Changes)
entry |1 pages
Correlated Reinforcement
entry |2 pages
Correlation
entry |1 pages
Correlation Coefficient (symb. ρ,r)
entry |1 pages
Correlation Matrix
entry |2 pages
Correlation Ratio (symb. ŋ)
entry |1 pages
Correlational Research
entry |1 pages
Counterbalancing
entry |1 pages
Counterconditioning
entry |2 pages
Covariance (symb. σ
entry |1 pages
Covariance Analysis
entry |1 pages
Covariate
entry |1 pages
Covert Response
entry |1 pages
CR
entry |1 pages
Cramer's Statistic (symb.φ′, C)
entry |1 pages
CRF
entry |1 pages
Criterion Score
entry |1 pages
Criterion Variable
entry |1 pages
Critical Ratio
entry |1 pages
Critical Region
entry |1 pages
Critical Score
entry |1 pages
Critical Value
entry |1 pages
Cross-Cultural Method
entry |1 pages
Cross-Lagged Correlation
entry |1 pages
Cross-Lagged Panel Correlation
entry |1 pages
Cross-Modality Matching
entry |1 pages
Cross-Sectional Method (contr. Longitudinal Method)
entry |1 pages
Cross Tabulation
entry |1 pages
Cross Validation
entry |1 pages
Crossing (contr. Nesting)
entry |1 pages
Crude Score
entry |1 pages
CS
entry |1 pages
Cued Recall
entry |1 pages
Culture-Fair Test
entry |1 pages
Culture-Free Test
entry |2 pages
Cumulative Distribution
entry |1 pages
Cumulative Frequency
entry |1 pages
Cumulative Frequency Curve
entry |1 pages
Cumulative Proportion
entry |1 pages
Cumulative Ratings, Method of
entry |1 pages
Cumulative Record
entry |1 pages
Cumulative Scale
entry |1 pages
Curve Fitting
entry |1 pages
Curvilinear Correlation
entry |1 pages
Curvilinear Regression
entry |2 pages
Curvilinear Relationship
entry |1 pages
Cutting Score
entry |1 pages
CVC
letter |14 pages
D
entry |1 pages
Data
entry |1 pages
Data Analysis
entry |1 pages
Data Point
entry |1 pages
Data Protocol
entry |1 pages
Data Reduction
entry |1 pages
Data Table
entry |2 pages
Data Transformation
entry |1 pages
Datum
entry |1 pages
Debriefing
entry |1 pages
Decile
entry |1 pages
Decision
entry |1 pages
Decision Rule
entry |1 pages
Deductive Inference
entry |1 pages
Defense Conditioning
entry |2 pages
Degrees of Freedom (symb. df
entry |1 pages
Delay Interval
entry |1 pages
Delay of Reinforcement Interval (syn. Response-Reinforcement Interval)
entry |1 pages
Delayed Conditioning
entry |2 pages
Delayed-Reaction Method
entry |1 pages
Delboeuf Illusion
entry |1 pages
Demand Characteristic
entry |1 pages
Demonstration
entry |1 pages
Dependent Variable
entry |2 pages
Deprivation Schedule
entry |1 pages
Descending Series
entry |1 pages
Descriptive Research
entry |1 pages
Descriptive Statistics
entry |1 pages
Design
entry |1 pages
Detection Threshold
entry |1 pages
Deterioration Index (syn. Deterioration Quotient; abbr. Dl)
entry |1 pages
Deterioration Quotient
entry |1 pages
Determination, Coefficient of (symb. r2)
entry |1 pages
Deterministic Model (contr. Stochastic Model)
entry |1 pages
Detour Task (syn. Umweg Problem)
entry |1 pages
Deviation IQ
entry |1 pages
Deviation Score
entry |1 pages
df
entry |2 pages
Dichotic Listening
entry |1 pages
Dichotomous Variable
entry |1 pages
Difference Limen (abbr. DL)
entry |1 pages
Difference Score (syn. Change Score)
entry |1 pages
Difference Threshold (syn. Difference Limen, abbr. DL; syn. Just Noticeable Difference, abbr. JND)
entry |1 pages
Differential Classical Conditioning
entry |2 pages
Differential Instrumental Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Differential Operant Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Differential Reinforcement
entry |2 pages
Differential Reinforcement of Rates
entry |1 pages
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior (abbr. DRO)
entry |1 pages
Differential Threshold
entry |1 pages
Differential Transfer Paradigm
entry |1 pages
Differentiation
entry |1 pages
Digit-Span Test
entry |1 pages
Digram
entry |1 pages
Directional Test
entry |1 pages
Discrete Search Task (contr. Serial Search Task)
entry |1 pages
Discrete-Trials Procedure (contr. Free Operant Procedure)
entry |2 pages
Discrete Variable (contr. Continuous Variable)
entry |1 pages
Discriminai Dispersion
entry |1 pages
Discriminai Process
entry |1 pages
Discriminant Analysis
entry |1 pages
Discriminant Function
entry |1 pages
Discriminant Validity (contr. Convergent Validity)
entry |2 pages
Discriminated Avoidance Conditioning (contr. Nondiscriminated Avoidance Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Discrimination Learning
entry |1 pages
Discriminative Reaction Time
entry |1 pages
Discriminative Stimulus (symb. Sd; contr. Negative Stimulus)
entry |1 pages
Dishabituation
entry |1 pages
Disjunctive Concept
entry |1 pages
Disjunctive Reaction Time
entry |1 pages
Disordinal Interaction (contr. Ordinal Interaction)
entry |1 pages
Display
entry |1 pages
Distance (syrnb. d)
entry |1 pages
Distorted Room
entry |1 pages
Distractor
entry |1 pages
Distribution of Practice
entry |1 pages
Distribution
entry |1 pages
Distribution-Free Test
entry |1 pages
Dixon's Test for Outliers
entry |1 pages
DL
entry |1 pages
Doolittle Method
entry |1 pages
Double Alternation Problem
entry |1 pages
DRH
entry |1 pages
DRL
entry |1 pages
DRP
entry |1 pages
Domain
entry |1 pages
Double Blind
entry |1 pages
Dummy Variable
entry |1 pages
Duncan's Multiple-Range Test
entry |1 pages
Dunn's Procedure
entry |1 pages
Dunnett's Test
letter |10 pages
E
entry |1 pages
Ebbinghaus Illusion
entry |1 pages
Educational Age
entry |1 pages
Educational Quotient (abbr. EQ)
entry |1 pages
Efficiency
entry |1 pages
Eigenvalue
entry |1 pages
Einstellung
entry |2 pages
Elicited/Emitted Response
entry |1 pages
Eliciting Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Embedded-Figures Test
entry |1 pages
Emitted Response
entry |1 pages
Empirical Probability
entry |1 pages
Empirical Validity
entry |1 pages
Environmental Variable
entry |2 pages
Equal-Appearing Intervals, Method of
entry |1 pages
Equal Category
entry |1 pages
Equal-Sense Distances, Method of
entry |1 pages
Equimax Rotation
entry |1 pages
Equisection, Method of
entry |1 pages
Equivalence, Coefficient of
entry |1 pages
Equivalent-Forms Method
entry |1 pages
Equivalent Groups
entry |1 pages
Equivalent-Groups Design
entry |1 pages
Error-Choice Technique
entry |1 pages
Error of _
entry |1 pages
Error of Estimate
entry |1 pages
Error Mean Square (symb. MSe; syn. Error Term)
entry |1 pages
Error Rate (syn. Alpha Error Rate)
entry |1 pages
Error Reduction
entry |1 pages
Error Term
entry |1 pages
Error Variance (contr. Systematic Variance)
entry |2 pages
Errorless Discrimination Learning
entry |1 pages
Escape Training
entry |1 pages
Estimation
entry |1 pages
Eta Coefficient
entry |1 pages
Eta Squared (sym. η
entry |1 pages
Evaluation Research
entry |1 pages
Evoked Response
entry |1 pages
Exact Limits
entry |1 pages
Exclusive Disjunction
entry |1 pages
Exhaustive Set
entry |1 pages
Expected Frequency (syn. Theoretical Frequency; contr. Observed Frequency)
entry |1 pages
Expected Mean Square [symb. E(MS), EMS]
entry |1 pages
Expected Value [symb. E( )]
entry |1 pages
Experiment
entry |1 pages
Experimental Control (contr. Statistical Control)
entry |2 pages
Experimental Design
entry |1 pages
Experimental Effect
entry |1 pages
Experimental Error
entry |1 pages
Experimental Group (contr. Control Group)
entry |1 pages
Experimental Hypothesis
entry |1 pages
Experimental Method (contr. Correlation Research; Naturalistic Observation)
entry |1 pages
Experimental Plan
entry |1 pages
Experimental Unit
entry |1 pages
Experimenter Attribute
entry |1 pages
Experimenter Bias
entry |2 pages
Experimenter Effect
entry |1 pages
Explicit Response
entry |1 pages
Explicit Unpairing
entry |1 pages
Exploratory Study
entry |1 pages
Exponential Function
entry |1 pages
Ex Post Facto Study
entry |1 pages
Exposure Interval
entry |1 pages
External Reliability
entry |1 pages
External Validity
entry |1 pages
Exteroceptive Conditioning (contr. Interoceptive Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Extinction (contr. Acquisition)
entry |1 pages
Extradimensional Shift
entry |1 pages
Extraneous Variable
entry |1 pages
Extrapolation
entry |2 pages
Extreme Reactions, Test of (syn. Moses Test of Extreme Reactions)
letter |10 pages
F
entry |1 pages
Face Validity
entry |1 pages
Factor
entry |1 pages
Factor Analysis
entry |1 pages
Factor Loading
entry |1 pages
Factor Rotation (syn. Principal-Components Rotation)
entry |1 pages
Factorial Design
entry |1 pages
False Alarm
entry |1 pages
False Alarm Rate
entry |1 pages
False Negative
entry |1 pages
False Positive
entry |1 pages
Fan Illusion
entry |1 pages
Fatigue Effect
entry |2 pages
F Distribution
entry |1 pages
Fear Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Feedback
entry |1 pages
FI
entry |1 pages
Fiducial Interval
entry |1 pages
Field Research
entry |1 pages
Field Sociometry
entry |1 pages
Field Study
entry |1 pages
Figural Aftereffects
entry |1 pages
Figure-Ground Illusion
entry |1 pages
Findley Diagram
entry |1 pages
First-Order Conditioning (contr. Higher Order Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
First-Order Interaction
entry |1 pages
Fisher's Exact Probability Test
entry |1 pages
Fisher's Z'
entry |1 pages
Fixed-Alternative Item (contr. Open-End Item)
entry |1 pages
Fixed-Effects Factor
entry |1 pages
Fixed-Effects Model
entry |1 pages
Fixed-Interval Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. Fl)
entry |1 pages
Fixed/Random-Effects Factor
entry |1 pages
Fixed/Random-Effects Model
entry |1 pages
Fixed-Ratio Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. FR)
entry |1 pages
Fixed-Trials Criterion
entry |1 pages
Flat Distribution
entry |1 pages
Floor Effect
entry |1 pages
Follow-Up Study
entry |2 pages
Follow-Up Test
entry |1 pages
F1 Generation
entry |1 pages
Forced Choice
entry |1 pages
Forecasting Efficiency Index
entry |1 pages
Foreperiod
entry |1 pages
Forward Conditioning (contr. Backward Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Forward Masking
entry |1 pages
Fourfold Point Correlation
entry |1 pages
FR
entry |1 pages
F Ratio
entry |1 pages
Fractional Factorial
entry |2 pages
Fractionation, Method Of
entry |1 pages
Free Association
entry |1 pages
Free Learning
entry |1 pages
Free Operant Avoidance Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Free Operant Procedure (contr. Discrete Trials Procedure)
entry |1 pages
Free Operant Response
entry |2 pages
Free Recall
entry |1 pages
Free Response, Method of
entry |1 pages
Free Scaling
entry |1 pages
Frequency Distribution
entry |2 pages
Frequency Polygon
entry |1 pages
Friedman's Two-Way Analysis of Variance for Ranked Data
entry |1 pages
F Test
entry |1 pages
Function (symb. Y = f(X); syn. Functional Relation)
entry |1 pages
Functional Design
entry |1 pages
Functional Experiment
entry |1 pages
Functional Relation
letter |4 pages
G
entry |1 pages
Game Research
entry |1 pages
Gamma
entry |1 pages
Gamma Distribution
entry |1 pages
Gaussian Distribution
entry |1 pages
Gellerman Series
entry |1 pages
Generalizability of Research
entry |1 pages
Generalization Test
entry |1 pages
Geometric Illusions
entry |1 pages
Geometric Mean
entry |2 pages
Gompertz Curve
entry |1 pages
Goodness-of-Fit Test
entry |2 pages
Graeco-Latin Square Design
entry |1 pages
Grand Mean
entry |1 pages
Group Datum (contr. Individual Datum)
entry |1 pages
Group Experiment
entry |1 pages
Group Interval
entry |1 pages
Group Measure
entry |1 pages
Group Score
entry |1 pages
Grouped Data
entry |1 pages
Grouping Error
entry |1 pages
Growth Curve
entry |1 pages
Guttman Scale
letter |6 pages
H
entry |1 pages
Habituation
entry |1 pages
Halo Effect
entry |1 pages
Halving Method
entry |1 pages
Harmonic Mean
entry |1 pages
Hartley's F
entry |2 pages
Hawthorne Effect
entry |1 pages
Hering Illusion
entry |1 pages
Heterogeneity
entry |1 pages
Heteroscedasticity
entry |1 pages
Heuristic
entry |1 pages
Hierarchical Design
entry |2 pages
Higher Order Conditioning (contr. First-Order Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Higher Order Design
entry |1 pages
Higher Order Interaction
entry |1 pages
Higher Order Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Histogram
entry |1 pages
Historical Method
entry |1 pages
Hit
entry |1 pages
Hit Rate
entry |1 pages
Homogeneity/Heterogeneity of Variance
entry |1 pages
Homogeneity of Proportions, Test for
entry |1 pages
Homogeneous Grouping
entry |2 pages
Homoscedasticity/Heteroscedasticity
entry |1 pages
Honestly Significant Difference Procedure
entry |1 pages
Horizontal Grouping (contr. Vertical Grouping)
entry |1 pages
Horizontal/Vertical Illusion
entry |2 pages
Hoyt's Formula for Reliability
entry |1 pages
HSD Procedure
entry |1 pages
H Test
entry |1 pages
H/V Illusion
entry |1 pages
Hypothesis
entry |1 pages
Hypothesis Testing (syn. Significance Testing)
entry |1 pages
Hypothesis Testing Experiment (contr. Parametric Experiment)
entry |1 pages
Hypothetical Construct (syn. Theoretical Construct)
letter |22 pages
I
entry |1 pages
IQ
entry |2 pages
Ideal Observer
entry |1 pages
Idiographic Approach (contr. Nomothetic Approach)
entry |5 pages
Illusions and Related Phenomena
entry |1 pages
Implicit Response
entry |1 pages
Impossible Paradox
entry |1 pages
Imprinting Procedure
entry |2 pages
Incidental Learning (contr. Intentional Learning)
entry |1 pages
Incidental Sampling
entry |1 pages
Inclusive Disjunction
entry |1 pages
Incomplete Block Design
entry |2 pages
Incomplete Counterbalancing (syn. Partial Counterbalancing)
entry |1 pages
Incomplete Designs
entry |1 pages
Incomplete Factorial Design
entry |1 pages
Incremental Threshold Design
entry |2 pages
Independence
entry |1 pages
Independence, Test for (syn. Association, Test for)
entry |1 pages
Independent-Groups Design
entry |2 pages
Independent Variable
entry |1 pages
Indifference Response
entry |1 pages
Individual Datum (contr. Group Datum)
entry |1 pages
Individual Differences
entry |1 pages
Inferential Statistics
entry |1 pages
Inflection Point
entry |2 pages
Information
entry |1 pages
Information Processing Task
entry |1 pages
Information Test
entry |1 pages
Insight Problems
entry |2 pages
Instructed Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Instructional Variable
entry |1 pages
Instrumental/Operant Conditioning (contr. Classical Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Instrumental/Operant Response
entry |2 pages
Instrumentation Effects
entry |1 pages
Intact Groups Design
entry |1 pages
Intelligence Quotient (abbr. IQ)
entry |1 pages
Intelligence Scale
entry |1 pages
Intelligence Score
entry |1 pages
Intelligence Test (syn. Intelligence Scale)
entry |1 pages
Intentional Learning (contr. Incidental Learning)
entry |2 pages
Interaction
entry |1 pages
Interaction Process Analysis (syn. Bale's Technique)
entry |2 pages
Intercorrelation
entry |1 pages
Intercorrelation Matrix
entry |1 pages
Interest Inventory
entry |1 pages
Interitem Interval
entry |1 pages
Interlocking Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Intermittent Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Internal Consistency
entry |1 pages
Internal Reliability
entry |1 pages
Internal Validity
entry |1 pages
International System of Units (abbr. SI)
entry |1 pages
Interoceptive Conditioning (contr. Exteroceptive Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Interpolated Event
entry |1 pages
Interpolated Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Interpolated Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Interpolated Task
entry |1 pages
Interquartile Range
entry |1 pages
Interrater Reliability
entry |1 pages
Interreliability (syn. Interrater Reliability)
entry |1 pages
Interresponse Time (abbr. IRT)
entry |1 pages
Interstimulus Interval (abbr. ISI)
entry |1 pages
Intertrial Interval (abbr. ITI)
entry |1 pages
Interval Data
entry |1 pages
Interval Estimation
entry |1 pages
Interval of Delay
entry |2 pages
Interval of Uncertainty
entry |1 pages
Interval Scale
entry |1 pages
Interval Schedules of Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Intervening Variable
entry |1 pages
Interview Technique
entry |1 pages
Intradimensional Shift
entry |1 pages
Intrinsic Validity
entry |2 pages
Introspection
entry |1 pages
Intrusion Error
entry |1 pages
Invariance
entry |1 pages
Inverse Relationship
entry |2 pages
Irrelevant Cue
entry |1 pages
Irrelevant Reward
entry |1 pages
Irrelevant Stimulus
entry |1 pages
IRT
entry |1 pages
ISI
entry |1 pages
Isosensitivity Curve
entry |1 pages
Item Analysis
entry |1 pages
Item Reversal
entry |1 pages
Item Weighting
entry |1 pages
Iti
letter |2 pages
J
entry |1 pages
Jastrow's Illusion
entry |1 pages
J-Curve
entry |1 pages
JND
entry |1 pages
JNND
entry |1 pages
Joint Event
entry |2 pages
Joint Probability
entry |1 pages
Just Noticeable Difference (abbr. JND)
entry |1 pages
Just Not Noticeable Difference (abbr. JNND)
letter |3 pages
K
entry |1 pages
Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance
entry |1 pages
Kendall's Rank-Correlation Coefficient (symfa. t syn. Kendall's Tau; Tau Coefficient)
entry |1 pages
Kendall's Tau
entry |1 pages
Kinesthetic Aftereffects
entry |1 pages
Knowledge of Results
entry |1 pages
Known-Group Validity
entry |1 pages
Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests
entry |1 pages
KR-20
entry |2 pages
Kruskall-Wallis H Test
entry |1 pages
Kuder-Richardson Formula
entry |1 pages
Kurtosis (syn. Peakedness)
letter |7 pages
L
entry |1 pages
Lag
entry |1 pages
Lagged Measure
entry |1 pages
Latency of Response
entry |2 pages
Latin Square Design
entry |1 pages
Lattice Designs.
entry |1 pages
Learned Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Learning Curve
entry |2 pages
Learning Set Procedure
entry |1 pages
Least Squares, Method of
entry |1 pages
Leptokurtosis
entry |1 pages
Level
entry |1 pages
Level of Confidence
entry |1 pages
Level of Significance
entry |1 pages
Likelihood Ratio
entry |1 pages
Likert Scale
entry |1 pages
Limen
entry |2 pages
Limits, Method of
entry |1 pages
EXAMPLE 1—Absolute Thresholds:
entry |1 pages
EXAMPLE 2—Difference Thresholds:
entry |2 pages
Lindquist Designs
entry |1 pages
Line Graph
entry |1 pages
Line of Best Fit
entry |1 pages
Linear Correlation
entry |1 pages
Linear Multiple Correlation
entry |2 pages
Linear/Nonlinear Relationship
entry |2 pages
Linear Regression
entry |1 pages
Linear Transformation
entry |1 pages
Linear Trend Component
entry |1 pages
Lloyd Morgan's Canon
entry |1 pages
Loading
entry |1 pages
Logarithmic Transformation
entry |1 pages
Logistic Curve
entry |1 pages
Longitudinal Method (contr. Cross-Sectional Method)
entry |1 pages
Lower Difference Threshold
letter |17 pages
M
entry |1 pages
Mach's Figure
entry |1 pages
Magazine Training
entry |2 pages
Magnitude Estimation
entry |1 pages
Magnitude of Effect
entry |1 pages
Magnitude of Response
entry |1 pages
Magnitude Production
entry |1 pages
Main Effect
entry |1 pages
Mahalanobis' D Square Test (symb. D2)
entry |1 pages
Mancova
entry |1 pages
Manipulandum (syn. Operandum)
entry |1 pages
Manipulated Variable (syn. Treatment Variable; contr. Nonmanipulated Variable)
entry |1 pages
Manipulative Research (contr. Nonmanipulative Research)
entry |1 pages
Mann-Whitney U Test
entry |1 pages
Manova
entry |1 pages
Marginal Frequency
entry |1 pages
Marginal Significance
entry |1 pages
Marginal Total
entry |1 pages
Markoff Model
entry |2 pages
Markov Model
entry |1 pages
Masking
entry |1 pages
Masking Task
entry |1 pages
Massed Practice
entry |1 pages
Matched Dependent Paradigm
entry |1 pages
Matched-Groups Design
entry |1 pages
Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test
entry |1 pages
Matched-Subjects Design
entry |1 pages
Matching Task
entry |1 pages
Matching Test
entry |1 pages
Matching-to-Sample Procedure
entry |1 pages
Maximum Likelihood Estimate
entry |1 pages
McNemar Test
entry |1 pages
Mean (symb. μ, M, X̄)
entry |1 pages
Mean Deviation
entry |1 pages
Mean Square (abbr. MS; syn. Variance Estimate)
entry |1 pages
Mean Square Contingency, Index of (symb. ϕ2)
entry |1 pages
Mean Vector
entry |1 pages
Measurement Error
entry |1 pages
Mechner Diagram
entry |1 pages
Median
entry |1 pages
Median Test
entry |1 pages
Mediating Variable
entry |1 pages
Melton Learning Curve
entry |1 pages
Mesokurtosis
entry |1 pages
Method of
entry |1 pages
Midrange
entry |1 pages
Mirror Drawing Task
entry |1 pages
Miss
entry |1 pages
Mixed Analysis of Variance
entry |2 pages
Mixed Design (syn. Split Plot Design)
entry |1 pages
Mixed-Effects Model
entry |1 pages
Mixed List
entry |1 pages
Mixed Model
entry |1 pages
Mixed Motive Game
entry |1 pages
Mixed Multiple Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. Mix Mult)
entry |2 pages
Mixed Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. Mix)
entry |1 pages
MOC Curve
entry |1 pages
Modal Value
entry |1 pages
Mode (syn. Modal Value)
entry |2 pages
Moderator Variable
entry |1 pages
Monitoring Task
entry |1 pages
Monotonie Function (contr. Nonmonotonic Function)
entry |1 pages
Moon Illusion
entry |1 pages
Morgan's Canon
entry |1 pages
Moses' Test of Extreme Reactions
entry |1 pages
Motor Skill Task
entry |1 pages
Movement Aftereffects
entry |1 pages
Movement Time
entry |1 pages
MS
entry |1 pages
Müller-Lyer Illusion
entry |1 pages
Multidimensional Scaling
entry |1 pages
Multielement Baseline Design
entry |1 pages
Multilevel Experiment
entry |1 pages
Multimodal Distribution
entry |1 pages
Multinomial Distribution
entry |1 pages
Multiple Baseline Design
entry |1 pages
Multiple-Choice Task (syn. Option Task)
entry |1 pages
Multiple-Choice Test
entry |1 pages
Multiple-Comparison Test
entry |1 pages
Multiple Control Groups
entry |1 pages
Multiple Correlation (symb. R)
entry |1 pages
Multiple Discriminant Analysis
entry |1 pages
Multiple-Group Factor Analysis
entry |2 pages
Multiple-Groups Design
entry |1 pages
Multiple Prediction
entry |1 pages
Multiple-Range Test
entry |1 pages
Multiple Regression
entry |1 pages
Multiple Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. Mult)
entry |1 pages
Multiple-Treatment Interference
entry |2 pages
Multiplicative Function
entry |1 pages
Multistage Experiment
entry |1 pages
Multistage Research
entry |1 pages
Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (abbr. MANCOVA)
entry |2 pages
Multivariate Analysis of Variance (abbr. MANOVA)
entry |1 pages
Multivariate Statistics
entry |1 pages
Multivariate t Test
entry |1 pages
Multivariate Test of Significance
entry |1 pages
Mutually Exclusive Events
letter |7 pages
N
entry |1 pages
Naive Subject
entry |1 pages
Natural Experiment
entry |1 pages
Naturalistic Observation
entry |1 pages
Necker Cube
entry |1 pages
Negative
entry |1 pages
Negative Relationship
entry |1 pages
Negative Results
entry |1 pages
Negative Stimulus (contr. Positive Stimulus)
entry |1 pages
Negative Transfer
entry |2 pages
Negatively Accelerated Function (contr. Positively Accelerated Function)
entry |1 pages
Negatively Correlated Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Nested Factor
entry |1 pages
Nesting (contr. Crossing)
entry |1 pages
Neutral Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Newman-Keuls Test
entry |2 pages
Noise
entry |1 pages
Nominal Data
entry |1 pages
Nominal Scale
entry |1 pages
Nomination Technique
entry |1 pages
Nomothetic Approach (contr. Idiographic Approach)
entry |1 pages
Nonadditivity
entry |1 pages
Noncentral Distribution
entry |1 pages
Noncontingent Reinforcement (syn. Random Reinforcement; Uncorrelated Reinforcement; contr. Contingent Reinforcement)
entry |1 pages
Nondetermination, Coefficient of (symb. k2)
entry |1 pages
Nondifferential Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Nondirectional Test
entry |1 pages
Nondiscriminated Avoidance Conditioning (syn. Free Operant Avoidance Conditioning; Sidman Avoidance Conditioning)
entry |1 pages
Nonexperimental Designs
entry |1 pages
Nonlinear Regression (syn. Curvilinear Regression)
entry |1 pages
Nonlinear Relationship
entry |2 pages
Nonmanipulated Variable
entry |1 pages
Nonmanipulative Research
entry |1 pages
Nonmonotonic Function
entry |1 pages
Nonparametric Test (contr. Parametric Test)
entry |1 pages
Nonprobability Sampling
entry |2 pages
Nonreactive Measure (syn. Unobtrusive Measure)
entry |1 pages
Nonrejection Region
entry |1 pages
Nonreversal Shift
entry |1 pages
Nonsense Stimuli
entry |1 pages
Nonsignificant Results (syn. Negative Results)
entry |1 pages
Nonzero-Sum Game
entry |1 pages
Norm Line
entry |1 pages
Normal Curve
entry |2 pages
Normal Distribution (symb. N (μ, σ); syn. Gaussian Distribution)
entry |1 pages
Normalization
entry |1 pages
Normalized Vector
entry |1 pages
Noxious Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Nuisance Variable
entry |1 pages
Null Hypothesis
entry |1 pages
Null/Alternate Hypothesis (symb. H0/H1 or H0/Ha)
letter |8 pages
O
entry |1 pages
Objective Test (contr. Subjective Test)
entry |1 pages
Oblique (contr. Orthogonal)
entry |1 pages
Oblique Rotation
entry |1 pages
Observation
entry |1 pages
Observational Research
entry |1 pages
Observed Frequency (syn. Obtained Frequency; contr. Expected Frequency)
entry |1 pages
Observer Effect
entry |1 pages
Obtained Frequency
entry |1 pages
Occam's Razor
entry |1 pages
Odd-Even Reliability
entry |1 pages
Oddity Problem
entry |1 pages
Odds
entry |2 pages
Ogive
entry |1 pages
Omega Squared (symb. ω 2)
entry |1 pages
Omission Training (syn. Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior)
entry |2 pages
Omnibus Test
entry |1 pages
One-Between/One-Within Design
entry |1 pages
One-Between/Two-Within Design
entry |1 pages
One-Group Pre/Posttest Design
entry |1 pages
One-Shot Case Study
entry |1 pages
One-Sided Test
entry |1 pages
One-Tail/Two-Tail Test (syn. Directional/Nondirectional Test; One-Sided/Two-Sided Test)
entry |1 pages
One-Way Design
entry |1 pages
One-Within/One-Between Design
entry |1 pages
One-Within/Two-Between Design
entry |1 pages
One-Zero Sampling
entry |1 pages
Open-End Item (contr. Fixed-Alternative Item)
entry |1 pages
Operandum
entry |1 pages
Operant Chamber (syn. Skinner Box)
entry |1 pages
Operant Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Operant Level
entry |1 pages
Operant Response
entry |1 pages
Operating Characteristic Curve (contr. Power Function)
entry |2 pages
Operational Definition
entry |1 pages
Option Task
entry |1 pages
Orbison Illusion
entry |1 pages
Order Effect
entry |1 pages
Ordinal Data
entry |1 pages
Ordinal Interaction (contr. Disordinal Interaction)
entry |2 pages
Ordinal Scale
entry |1 pages
Ordinate
entry |1 pages
Organismic Variable
entry |1 pages
Orthogonal (contr. Oblique)
entry |1 pages
Orthogonal Comparisons
entry |1 pages
Orthogonal Contrasts (syn. Orthogonal Comparisons)
entry |1 pages
Orthogonal Set
entry |1 pages
Orthogonal Trend Component
entry |2 pages
Outlier Test (syn. Dixon's Test for Outliers)
entry |1 pages
Overlearning (syn. Overtraining)
entry |1 pages
Overt/Covert Response (syn. Explicit/Implicit Response)
entry |1 pages
Overtraining
letter |18 pages
P
entry |1 pages
PA Learning
entry |1 pages
Paired-Associate Learning (abbr. PA Learning)
entry |2 pages
Paired Comparisons
entry |1 pages
Paired-Groups Design
entry |1 pages
Pairwise Comparisons Test
entry |2 pages
Paradigm
entry |1 pages
Parallel Tests
entry |1 pages
Paralog
entry |1 pages
Parameter
entry |1 pages
Parameter Estimating Experiment
entry |1 pages
Parameter Estimation
entry |1 pages
Parametric Research (contr. Hypothesis-Testing Research)
entry |1 pages
Parametric Test (contr. Nonparametric Test)
entry |2 pages
Parsimony, Principle of (syn. Lloyd Morgan's Canon)
entry |1 pages
Part Correlation (symb. r1(2·3 m); syn. Semipartial Correlation)
entry |1 pages
Partial Blind
entry |1 pages
Partial Confounding
entry |1 pages
Partial Correlation (symb. r
entry |1 pages
Partial Counterbalancing
entry |1 pages
Partial Reinforcement (syn. Intermittent Reinforcement; Periodic Reinforcement; contr. Continuous Reinforcement)
entry |2 pages
Partially Hierarchical Design
entry |1 pages
Partition
entry |1 pages
Part-Whole Illusion
entry |1 pages
Passive Avoidance Training
entry |1 pages
Path Analysis
entry |1 pages
Pavlovian Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Payoff Matrix
entry |1 pages
PE
entry |1 pages
Peakedness
entry |1 pages
Pearson Product-Moment Correlation
entry |1 pages
Pearson r
entry |1 pages
Penrose Triangle
entry |1 pages
Percentile (syn. Centile)
entry |1 pages
Percentile Rank (syn. Centile Rank)
entry |1 pages
Perceptual-Motor Learning
entry |1 pages
Performance Criterion
entry |1 pages
Performance Variable
entry |1 pages
Periodic Reinforcement
entry |2 pages
Permissible Transformation
entry |1 pages
Permutation
entry |1 pages
Phenomenal Report
entry |1 pages
Phi (symb.
entry |1 pages
Phi Coefficient (symb.
entry |1 pages
Phi Phenomenon
entry |1 pages
Pillai' Criterion
entry |1 pages
Pilot Study
entry |1 pages
Placebo Control
entry |1 pages
Plaid Square Design
entry |1 pages
Planned Comparison
entry |1 pages
Planned Test
entry |1 pages
Plateau
entry |1 pages
Platykurtosis
entry |1 pages
POE (Point of Objective Equality)
entry |1 pages
Poggendorf Illusion
entry |1 pages
Point Biserial Correlation Coefficient
entry |2 pages
Point Estimation
entry |1 pages
Point of Objective Equality
entry |1 pages
Point of Physical Equality (abbr. PPE; syn. Point of Objective Equality (POE); contr. Point of Subjective Equality)
entry |1 pages
Point of Subjective Equality (abbr. PSE; contr. Point of Physical Equality)
entry |1 pages
Poisson Distribution
entry |1 pages
Ponzo Illusion
entry |1 pages
Pooled Error Term
entry |1 pages
Pooled Mean Square
entry |1 pages
Pooled Variance
entry |1 pages
Pooling (contr. Partition)
entry |1 pages
Population
entry |1 pages
Positive
entry |1 pages
Positive/Negative Relationship
entry |1 pages
Positive Stimulus (contr. Negative Stimulus)
entry |1 pages
Positively Accelerated Function (contr. Negatively Accelerated Function)
entry |1 pages
Positively Correlated Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Posterior Probability
entry |1 pages
Post Hoc Comparison
entry |1 pages
Post Hoc Test
entry |1 pages
Posterior Distribution
entry |1 pages
Posttest Design (syn. After-Test Design)
entry |1 pages
Power
entry |1 pages
Power Curve
entry |2 pages
Power Function (syn. Power Curve; contr. Operating Characteristic Curve)
entry |1 pages
Power Test (contr. Speed Test)
entry |1 pages
Practice Trial (syn. Pretraining Trial)
entry |1 pages
Precision
entry |1 pages
Preconditioning
entry |1 pages
Predicted Variance
entry |1 pages
Prediction Equation
entry |1 pages
Predictive Validity
entry |1 pages
Predictor Variable
entry |1 pages
Preliminary Test
entry |1 pages
Preparation
entry |1 pages
Pre/Post Design
entry |1 pages
Pretest
entry |1 pages
Pretest/Posttest Design (syn. Before/After Design)
entry |1 pages
Pretraining Trial
entry |1 pages
Primary Reinforcement (contr. Conditioned Reinforcement)
entry |1 pages
Primary Stimulus
entry |2 pages
Principal Component Analysis
entry |1 pages
Principal Components Rotation
entry |1 pages
Prior Distribution
entry |1 pages
Prior Odds
entry |1 pages
Prior Probability
entry |1 pages
Prisoner' Dilemma
entry |1 pages
Proaction Paradigm
entry |1 pages
Probability
entry |2 pages
Probability Learning Task
entry |1 pages
Probability Sampling
entry |1 pages
Probable Error (abbr. PE)
entry |1 pages
Probe Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Probe Technique
entry |1 pages
Probit Analysis
entry |1 pages
Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient
entry |1 pages
Production Method
entry |2 pages
Profile
entry |1 pages
Profile Analysis
entry |1 pages
Projective Technique
entry |1 pages
Projective Test
entry |1 pages
Protection Level
entry |1 pages
PSE
entry |1 pages
Pseudoconditioning Control
entry |1 pages
Pseudo-Effect
entry |1 pages
Pseudo-Experiment
entry |1 pages
Psychological Scaling
entry |1 pages
Psychophysical Function
entry |1 pages
Psychophysical Methods
entry |1 pages
Pulfrich Illusion
entry |2 pages
Punishment (contr. Reinforcement)
entry |1 pages
Punishment Training (syn. Passive Avoidance Training; contr. Reward Training)
entry |1 pages
Pure Research
entry |1 pages
Pursuit Rotor Task
entry |1 pages
Pursuit Tracking Task (contr. Compensatory Tracking Task)
entry |1 pages
p Value
letter |2 pages
Q
entry |1 pages
Q-Sort
entry |1 pages
Quadratic Component
entry |1 pages
Qualitative Variable (contr. Quantitative Variable)
entry |1 pages
Quantite
entry |1 pages
Quantitative Variable (contr. Qualitative Variable)
entry |1 pages
Quartile
entry |1 pages
Quartile Deviation
entry |1 pages
Quartile Range
entry |1 pages
Quartimax Rotation
entry |1 pages
Quasi-Experiment
entry |1 pages
Quasi-Experimental Design
entry |1 pages
Quasi-F Ratio
entry |1 pages
Quasi-Latin Square
entry |1 pages
Questionnaire
entry |1 pages
Quota Sampling
letter |21 pages
R
entry |1 pages
Random
entry |1 pages
Random Assignment
entry |1 pages
Random-Effects Factor
entry |1 pages
Random-Effects Model
entry |1 pages
Random Error (syn. Accidental Error; Chance Error; Experimental Error; Variable Error; contr. Constant Error)
entry |1 pages
Random Factor
entry |1 pages
Random Normal Numbers
entry |1 pages
Random Numbers
entry |1 pages
Random Permutation
entry |1 pages
Random Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Random Sample
entry |1 pages
Random Sampling
entry |2 pages
Random Variable (syn. Stochastic Variable)
entry |1 pages
Randomized-Blocks Design (contr. Randomized-Groups Design)
entry |1 pages
Randomized-Groups Design (syn. Between-Groups Design; Between-Subjects Design; Completely Randomized Design; Independent-Groups Design; Randomized-Subjects Design; contr. Randomized-Blocks Design)
entry |1 pages
Randomized-Subjects Design
entry |2 pages
Range
entry |1 pages
Rank Correlation Coefficient (symb. rs or ρs; syn. Rank-Difference Correlation; Spearman's Rho)
entry |1 pages
Rank-Difference Correlation
entry |1 pages
Rank Order
entry |1 pages
Rank-Order Correlation
entry |1 pages
Rank-Order Scale
entry |2 pages
Rank-Sum Test (syn. Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test)
entry |1 pages
Ranking
entry |1 pages
Rao's V-Test
entry |1 pages
Rate of Response
entry |1 pages
Rating
entry |1 pages
Rating Scale Procedure
entry |1 pages
Ratio Data
entry |1 pages
Ratio Method
entry |1 pages
Ratio Scale
entry |1 pages
Ratio Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Raw Data
entry |1 pages
Raw Score (symb. X or Y)
entry |1 pages
Reaction
entry |2 pages
Reaction Time
entry |1 pages
Reactive Measure
entry |1 pages
Ready Signal
entry |1 pages
Real Limits
entry |2 pages
Recall Method
entry |1 pages
Reciprocal Transformation
entry |1 pages
Recitation Method
entry |1 pages
Recognition Method
entry |1 pages
Recognition Threshold
entry |1 pages
Reconstruction Method
entry |1 pages
Recovery Rate
entry |1 pages
Recovery Time
entry |1 pages
Recruitment Time
entry |1 pages
Rectangular Distribution (syn. Uniform Distribution)
entry |1 pages
Redundancy
entry |2 pages
Reflexivity
entry |1 pages
Regression Analysis
entry |1 pages
Regression Coefficient
entry |1 pages
Regression Equation
entry |1 pages
Regression Line
entry |1 pages
Rehearsal
entry |1 pages
Reinforcement (contr. Punishment)
entry |1 pages
Reinforcement Schedule
entry |1 pages
Reinforcer
entry |1 pages
Reitz Limen (abbr. RL)
entry |1 pages
Rejection/Nonrejection Region (syn. Critical Region/Acceptance Region)
entry |1 pages
Related-Samples Design
entry |1 pages
Relation
entry |2 pages
Relative Probability
entry |1 pages
Relearning Method
entry |1 pages
Releaser
entry |1 pages
Relevant Dimension
entry |1 pages
Reliability
entry |1 pages
Reliability Coefficient
entry |2 pages
Reliability, Index of
entry |1 pages
Repeated-Measures Design (syn. Treatment-by-Subjects (T × S) Design; Within-Subjects Design; contr. Randomized-Groups Design)
entry |1 pages
Repeated-Measures Variable
entry |1 pages
Replication
entry |1 pages
Representative Design
entry |1 pages
Representative Sample
entry |2 pages
Reproducibility Coefficient
entry |1 pages
Reproduction Methods
entry |1 pages
Research Hypothesis (syn. Working Hypothesis)
entry |1 pages
Residual Effect
entry |1 pages
Residual Variance
entry |1 pages
Resistance to Extinction
entry |2 pages
Respondent Behavior
entry |1 pages
Respondent Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Response
entry |1 pages
Response Bias
entry |1 pages
Response Differentiation (contr. Response Generalization)
entry |1 pages
Response Generalization (syn. Response Induction; contr. Response Differentiation)
entry |1 pages
Response Induction
entry |1 pages
Response-Reinforcement Interval
entry |1 pages
Response-Response Interval (abbr. R-R)
entry |1 pages
Response-Stimulus Interval (abbr. R-S)
entry |2 pages
Response Strength, Measures of
entry |1 pages
Response Time
entry |1 pages
Response Topography
entry |1 pages
Response Variable
entry |1 pages
Restricted Randomization
entry |1 pages
Results
entry |1 pages
Retention Methods
entry |2 pages
Retroactive Paradigm
entry |1 pages
Reversal Design (syn. Steady-State Design)
entry |2 pages
Reversal/Nonreversal Shift (syn. Intradimensional/Extradimensional Shift)
entry |1 pages
Reversal Training
entry |1 pages
Reversible Figures
entry |1 pages
Reward
entry |1 pages
Reward Training (contr. Punishment Training)
entry |1 pages
Rho
entry |1 pages
RL
entry |2 pages
ROC Curve (syn. Isosensitivity Curve)
entry |1 pages
Root Mean Square Deviation
entry |1 pages
Rotary Pursuit Task
entry |1 pages
Roy's GCR Test
entry |2 pages
Running Average
entry |1 pages
Runs Test (syn. Wald-Wolfowitz Runs Test)
letter |24 pages
S
entry |1 pages
Sample
entry |1 pages
Sampling Bias
entry |1 pages
Sampling Distribution
entry |1 pages
Sampling Error
entry |1 pages
Sander's Illusion
entry |1 pages
Sandler's A Test
entry |1 pages
Savings Method
entry |1 pages
Savings Score (syn. Savings Method)
entry |1 pages
Scaled Test
entry |1 pages
Scaled Vector
entry |1 pages
Scaling Methods
entry |1 pages
Scalogram Analysis
entry |1 pages
Scattergram (syn. Scatter Diagram; Scatterplot)
entry |1 pages
Scedasticity
entry |1 pages
Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |2 pages
Scheffé Test
entry |1 pages
Schröder's Staircase
entry |1 pages
Scientific Method
entry |1 pages
Score Limit
entry |1 pages
S
entry |1 pages
SD
entry |1 pages
SE
entry |1 pages
Search Task
entry |1 pages
Second-Order Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Second-Order Interaction
entry |1 pages
Secondary Correlation
entry |1 pages
Secondary Reinforcement
entry |2 pages
Self-Selection
entry |1 pages
Semantic Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Semantic Differential
entry |2 pages
Semantic Generalization Test
entry |1 pages
Semi-Interquartile Range (symb. Q; abbr. SIQR; syn. Quartile Deviation)
entry |1 pages
Semipartial Correlation
entry |1 pages
Sensation Unit
entry |1 pages
Sense Ratio Method
entry |1 pages
Sensitivity
entry |1 pages
Sensory Preconditioning
entry |1 pages
Sequence Effect
entry |2 pages
Sequential Sampling
entry |1 pages
Serial Anticipation
entry |1 pages
Serial Learning
entry |1 pages
Serial Search Task (contr. Discrete Search Task)
entry |1 pages
Shadowing
entry |1 pages
Shaping (syn. Successive Approximations Method)
entry |1 pages
Shared Variance
entry |1 pages
Sheppard's Correction
entry |1 pages
SI
entry |1 pages
Sidman Avoidance Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Sigma (symb. Σ, σ)
entry |1 pages
Sigmoidal Curve
entry |1 pages
Sign Stimulus
entry |2 pages
Sign Test
entry |2 pages
Signal Detection Task
entry |1 pages
Signal Probability
entry |2 pages
Signed-Ranks Test (syn. Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test)
entry |1 pages
Significance
entry |1 pages
Significance Level (syn. Alpha Level)
entry |1 pages
Significance Testing
entry |1 pages
Significant Difference
entry |1 pages
Significant Treatment Effect
entry |2 pages
Simple Effect (contr. Main Effect)
entry |2 pages
Simple Experiment
entry |1 pages
Simple Interaction
entry |1 pages
Simple Main Effect
entry |1 pages
Simple Random Sampling
entry |1 pages
Simple Reaction Time
entry |1 pages
Simulation Research
entry |1 pages
Simultaneous Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Simultaneous Discrimination
entry |1 pages
Single Blind
entry |1 pages
Single-Factor Design (syn. One-Way Design)
entry |1 pages
Single-Group Design
entry |1 pages
Single Stimuli, Method of
entry |1 pages
Single-subject Design
entry |1 pages
Single-subject Research
entry |1 pages
SIQR
entry |1 pages
Situational Variable
entry |1 pages
Size-Weight Illusion
entry |1 pages
Skewness
entry |1 pages
Skinner Box
entry |1 pages
Slope Constant
entry |1 pages
Small-Sample Research
entry |1 pages
Smoothing
entry |1 pages
Social Acquiescence
entry |2 pages
Social Desirability
entry |1 pages
Social Distance Scale (syn. Bogardus Scale)
entry |1 pages
Sociogram
entry |1 pages
Sociometric Index
entry |2 pages
Sociometry
entry |1 pages
Solomon Four-Group Design
entry |1 pages
Sorting Task
entry |1 pages
Spaced Practice
entry |1 pages
Spatial Discrimination
entry |1 pages
Spearman-Brown Formula
entry |1 pages
Specific Comparison
entry |1 pages
Specific Variance
entry |1 pages
Speed Test (contr. Power Test)
entry |1 pages
Spiral Omnibus Test
entry |1 pages
Split-Half Reliability
entry |1 pages
Split-Plot Design
entry |1 pages
Spurious Correlation
entry |1 pages
Square Root Transformation
entry |1 pages
Stability, Coefficient of
entry |2 pages
Staircase Method (syn. Titration Method; Up-and-Down Method; Von Békésey Method)
entry |2 pages
Standard Deviation (symb. σ, s; abbr. SD; syn. Root Mean Square Deviation, abbr. RMS)
entry |1 pages
Standard Error (abbr. SE)
entry |1 pages
Standard Error of Estimate (symb. Σyx or syx)
entry |1 pages
Standard Normal Distribution (syn. Unit-Normal Distribution; z Distribution)
entry |1 pages
Standard Score
entry |1 pages
Standard Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Stanine
entry |1 pages
Stated Limits
entry |1 pages
Statistic (contr. Parameter, Def. 1)
entry |1 pages
Statistical Control (contr. Experimental Control)
entry |1 pages
Statistical Significance
entry |1 pages
Status Variable
entry |1 pages
Steady-State Design
entry |1 pages
Stepdown F Procedure
entry |1 pages
Stepdown MANOVA
entry |1 pages
Stepwise Discriminant Analysis
entry |1 pages
Stepwise Regression
entry |1 pages
Stimulus
entry |2 pages
Stimulus Generalization
entry |1 pages
Stimulus Threshold
entry |1 pages
Stimulus Variable
entry |1 pages
Stochastic Model (contr. Deterministic Model)
entry |1 pages
Stochastic Process
entry |1 pages
Stochastic Variable
entry |1 pages
Stratified Random Sampling
entry |1 pages
Stratified Sampling (syn. Quota Sampling)
entry |1 pages
Strength of Association
entry |1 pages
Studentized Range Statistic (symb. q)
entry |1 pages
Student's t
entry |1 pages
Subject Variable (syn. Organismic Variable; Status Variable)
entry |2 pages
Subjective Probability
entry |1 pages
Subjective Report (syn. Phenomenal Report; Verbal Report)
entry |1 pages
Subtraction Method
entry |1 pages
Successive Approximations Method
entry |1 pages
Successive Discrimination
entry |1 pages
Sum of Products (abbr. SP, SSxy)
entry |1 pages
Sum of Squares (abbr. SS)
entry |1 pages
Summary Table
entry |2 pages
Summated Ratings, Method of
entry |1 pages
Supplemental Test
entry |2 pages
Suppressor Variable
entry |1 pages
Survey Research
entry |1 pages
Systematic Variance (contr. Error Variance)
letter |7 pages
T
entry |1 pages
Tailored Testing
entry |1 pages
Tailored Yoking
entry |1 pages
Tandem Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. Tand)
entry |1 pages
Target Person
entry |1 pages
Target Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Task Variable
entry |1 pages
Tau Coefficient
entry |1 pages
t Distribution (syn. Student's t Distribution)
entry |1 pages
Temporal Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Temporal Discrimination
entry |1 pages
Terminal Threshold
entry |1 pages
Test for Significance of Changes
entry |1 pages
Test-Retest Procedure
entry |1 pages
Test Trial
entry |1 pages
Tetrachoric Correlation (symb. rt)
entry |1 pages
Theoretical Construct
entry |1 pages
Theoretical Frequency
entry |1 pages
Theory
entry |1 pages
Three-Factor Design
entry |1 pages
Three-Factor Mixed Design
entry |1 pages
Three-Way Interaction (syn. Second-Order Interaction)
entry |1 pages
Threshold (syn. Limen)
entry |1 pages
Thurstone Scale
entry |1 pages
Time Error
entry |1 pages
Time on Target (abbr. TOT)
entry |1 pages
Time Out (abbr. TO)
entry |1 pages
Time Sampling
entry |1 pages
Time Schedule
entry |1 pages
Time Series Design
entry |1 pages
Titration Method
entry |1 pages
Titration Schedule of Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
Trace Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Tracking
entry |1 pages
Training Trial (syn. Acquisition Trial)
entry |1 pages
Transfer Paradigm (syn. Proaction Paradigm)
entry |1 pages
Transformation
entry |1 pages
Trapezoidal Window
entry |1 pages
Travel Time
entry |1 pages
Treatment (syn. Experimental Treatment)
entry |2 pages
Treatment-by-Levels Design
entry |1 pages
Treatment-by-Subjects Design
entry |1 pages
Treatment Effect (syn. Experimental Effect)
entry |1 pages
Treatment Variable
entry |1 pages
Trend Analysis
entry |1 pages
Trial
entry |1 pages
Trial Block
entry |1 pages
Trials to Criterion
entry |1 pages
Trigram
entry |1 pages
True Experiment
entry |1 pages
True Negative
entry |1 pages
True Positive
entry |1 pages
True Score
entry |1 pages
True Yoking
entry |1 pages
T × S (T by S) Design
entry |1 pages
T Score
entry |1 pages
T2 T Square)
entry |1 pages
t Statistic
entry |1 pages
t Test
entry |1 pages
Tukey's Test (syn. Honestly Significant Difference procedure; abbr. HSD Procedure)
entry |1 pages
Twisted-Cord Illusion
entry |1 pages
Two-Factor Design
entry |2 pages
Two-Factor Mixed Design (syn. Lindquist Type I Design; One-Between/One-Within Design)
entry |1 pages
Two-Sided Test
entry |1 pages
Two-Tail Test
entry |1 pages
Two-Way Interaction
entry |1 pages
Two-Within/One-Between Design
entry |1 pages
Type I Error (syn. Alpha Error)
entry |1 pages
Type II Error (syn. Beta Error)
entry |1 pages
Type R Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Type S Conditioning
letter |3 pages
U
entry |1 pages
UCS
entry |1 pages
Umweg Problem
entry |1 pages
Unbiased Estimate
entry |1 pages
Uncertainty (symb. H)
entry |1 pages
Unconditioned Response (abbr. UCR; UR)
entry |1 pages
Unconditioned Stimulus (abbr. UCS; US)
entry |1 pages
Uncorrelated Reinforcement
entry |2 pages
Unidimensional Scaling
entry |1 pages
Uniform Distribution
entry |1 pages
Unimodal Distribution
entry |1 pages
Uniqueness
entry |1 pages
Unit Normal Distribution
entry |1 pages
Univariate Statistics
entry |1 pages
Unobtrusive Measure
entry |1 pages
Unpaired Control
entry |1 pages
Unweighted
entry |2 pages
Unweighted Means Analysis
entry |1 pages
Up-and-Down Method
entry |1 pages
UR
entry |1 pages
US
entry |1 pages
U Statistic (syn. Wilk's Lambda)
entry |1 pages
U Test (syn. Mann-Whitney U Test)
letter |4 pages
V
entry |1 pages
Validity
entry |1 pages
Validity Coefficient
entry |1 pages
Variable (contr. Constant)
entry |1 pages
Variable Error
entry |1 pages
Variable-Interval Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. VI)
entry |1 pages
Variable-Ratio Schedule of Reinforcement (abbr. VR)
entry |1 pages
Variable Stimulus
entry |1 pages
Variability
entry |1 pages
Variance (symb.ω 2, s2)
entry |1 pages
Variance Estimate
entry |1 pages
Variance Ratio
entry |1 pages
Variate
entry |1 pages
Variation, Coefficient of (symb. V)
entry |1 pages
Varimax Rotation
entry |1 pages
Vector
entry |2 pages
Verbal Conditioning
entry |1 pages
Verbal Learning
entry |1 pages
Verbal Reinforcement
entry |1 pages
VI
entry |1 pages
Vigilance Task
entry |2 pages
Vincent(ized) Learning Curve
entry |1 pages
Visual Discrimination
entry |1 pages
Visual Search
entry |1 pages
Von Békésey Method
entry |1 pages
VR
letter |2 pages
W
entry |1 pages
Wald-Wolfowitz Runs Test
entry |1 pages
Weight(ed)
entry |1 pages
Weight Schedule
entry |1 pages
Wherry-Doolittle Method
entry |1 pages
Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test
entry |1 pages
Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test
entry |1 pages
Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test
entry |1 pages
Wilks' Lambda Test
entry |1 pages
Within-Subjects Design
entry |1 pages
Within-Subjects Variable (syn. Repeated Measures Variable; contr. Between Subjects Variable)
entry |1 pages
Word Association Test
entry |1 pages
Working Hypothesis
letter |1 pages
X
entry |1 pages
X
entry |1 pages
X′
entry |1 pages
X
entry |1 pages
X̄
entry |1 pages
x-Axis
entry |1 pages
x-Value
letter |1 pages
Y
entry |1 pages
Y
entry |1 pages
Yates' Correction for Continuity
entry |1 pages
y-Axis
entry |1 pages
Yes-No Method
entry |1 pages
Yoked Control
entry |1 pages
Youden Square Design
entry |1 pages
Yule's Q
entry |1 pages
y-Value
letter |2 pages
Z
entry |1 pages
z Distribution
entry |1 pages
Zero-Order Correlation
entry |2 pages
Zero-Sum/Nonzero-Sum Game
entry |1 pages
Zöllner Illusion
entry |1 pages
z Score
entry |1 pages
Z Score
entry |1 pages
z Statistic
entry |1 pages
z Transformation
entry |1 pages
z′ Transformation (syn. Fisher's z′ Transformation)
