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| Question | Answer |
| Hindsight Bias | after an event has occurred, to see the event as having been predictable, despite there having been little or no objective basis for predicting it. |
| Overconfidence | When you believe you did better then what you actually did. |
| Scientific method | a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. |
| Hypothesis | proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence |
| Operational definitions AKA operation definition | intuitive concepts, such as intelligence need to be operationally defined before they become amenable to scientific investigation |
| Case study | a process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time. |
| Survey | Getting peoples opinion on questions and or ideas |
| naturalistic observation | collection of data without manipulation of the environment |
| correlation | a relationship between two or more things |
| correlation coefficient | a numerical representation of the strength and direction of the relationship. |
| scatterplot | visual representation of the relationships or associations between two numerical variables |
| Illusory correlation | the phenomenon of perceiving a relationship between variables |
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