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t/f mc circle right answer match fill in sa 1. What is your TA’s name?  Rachel Kelly fill in 2. ? 3. ? 4. Define empirical study  empirical studies – reports of original research  Empirical - based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or logic  “See it to believe it.” t/f 5. Define the discussion part of a scholarly journal article  Discussion – interprets and explains the results and compares them to other work  An attempt at explaining why the data turned out the way they did. mc 6. What do you do if you miss a lab?  All missed labs must be made-up (THAT WEEK. Talk to TA sooner rather than later if this is not possible) o Letter grade penalty for any un-made labs (e.g., A to B+)  Let your TA know the situation  Fill out a lab make-up form and attend a different lab…have the new TA sign the form o Email both TA’s beforehand!  Give the form to your TA at the next lab meeting mc 7. Differentiate dependent from independent variables and describe their traditional placement on a graph  Is the variable on the x-axis being measured or manipulated? o manipulated circle right answer 8. Is the variable on the y-axis being measured or manipulated?  measured circle right answer 9. What is the independent variable?  The independent variable (predictor) is the variable that changes by itself without the influence of another (does not covary). sa 10. What is the dependent variable?  The dependent variable (criterion) is the variable that does not change by itself – dependent upon changes of the independent variable. sa 11. Practice interpreting graphical data – generate a textual description of a graph What was the experiment? something else?  sa...