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Inconsistent implementation of condition protocols refers to which threat to internal validity? - ANSWER procedural infidelity Which level of scientific understanding includes observation and accurate description of phenomena? - ANSWER description Which level of scientific understanding refers to observing the correlation between two variables? - ANSWER hypothesis Which level of scientific understanding refers to reliable change produced by change in the IV? - ANSWER control SCRD dif...

Threats to internal validity include - ANSWER Testing, maturation, procedural infidelity Events that occur during the experiment but that are not related to planned procedural changes that may influence the outcomes. - ANSWER History Changes in behavior due to the passage of time. - ANSWER Maturation Occurs when participants need to respond to the same test repeatedly during a baseline or probe condition, which influences responding. - ANSWER Testing Threats related to the measuremen...

_____________________ helps us to suggest a hypothesis or research question and scientists systematically observe a particular phenomenon and accurately describe their observation. - ANSWER Description Which level of scientific understanding refers to reliable change produced by change in the independent variable? - ANSWER Control Which level of scientific understanding refers to observing the correlation between two variables? - ANSWER Prediction Single case research design differs fro...

Applied research involves... - ANSWER systematic investigation related to the pursuit of knowledge in practical realms Independent variables - ANSWER A variable that a scientist changes to find out how this change affects other variables in the experiment. dependent variable - ANSWER The outcome factor; the variable that may change in response to manipulations of the independent variable. Applied research focuses on... - ANSWER problems of reinforcement and learning in several different...

Inconsistent implementation of condition protocols refers to which threat to internal validity? - ANSWER procedural infidelity Which level of scientific understanding includes observation and accurate description of phenomena? - ANSWER description Which level of scientific understanding refers to observing the correlation between two variables? - ANSWER hypothesis Which level of scientific understanding refers to reliable change produced by change in the IV? - ANSWER control SCRD dif...