Heuristic Representativeness heuristic Availabili

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Heuristic

Survey

Representativeness heuristic

Autonomy

Availability heuristic

Consent

Quantitative research

Assent

Qualitative research

Statistics

Variable

Descriptive statistics

Hypothesis

Inferential statistics

Theory

Central tendency

Falsifiable

Mean

Experiment

Median

Independent variable

Mode

Dependent variable

Frequency table

Experimental group

Histogram

Control group

Normal distribution

Within-subjects design

Negatively skewed distribution

Between-subjects design

Positively skewed distribution

Confound

Variability

Random assignment

Range

Random selection

Standard deviation

Naturalistic observation

Correlation

Reactivity

Positive correlation

Case study

Negative correlation