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11th Grade Vocabulary Words

Eleventh-grade readers work across complex arguments, literary forms, scientific models, quantitative reasoning, civic institutions, social analysis, and precise academic prose. This level emphasizes disciplinary meanings, source evaluation, rhetorical and linguistic analysis, transparent morphology, and the careful use of context and reference tools when a word has several possible senses.

This independently authored 800-word beta curriculum is arranged in twenty-three pages of up to thirty-five words. Pages containing words 1–500 include five cloze questions drawn only from that enhanced range; words 501–800 remain fully visible and editable as list pages while expanded practice is developed. Every row includes an editable subject-field label and a conservative word-study note about transparent affixes, compound structure, capitalization, or dictionary base forms. The cited sources calibrate range and difficulty only; all learner-facing definitions, examples, quizzes, and descriptions are original KSSR copy.

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#	Word	Details	Meaning	Sample sentence
1	replicability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ability forms a noun for the capacity to have a quality or perform an action.	可复制性	The second laboratory tested the finding's replicability with new participants.
2	research synthesis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: research + synthesis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	研究综合	The research synthesis revealed agreement across twelve climate surveys.
3	literature review	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: literature + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	1. 文獻綜述 2. 學術史回顧	Her literature review identified a gap in studies of rural transit.
4	scoping review	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: scoping + review. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	范围界定审查	The scoping review catalogued research on adolescent sleep without estimating one combined effect.
5	attrition bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: attrition + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	磨损偏差	Attrition bias may exaggerate improvement if struggling patients leave the trial.
6	recall bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: recall + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	回忆偏差	Recall bias affected interviews about meals eaten several months earlier.
7	survivorship bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: survivorship + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	幸存者偏差	Survivorship bias made risky start-ups appear more reliable than they were.
8	observer bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: observer + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	观察者偏见	Blinded scoring reduced observer bias in the behavior study.
9	detection bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: detection + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	检测偏差	More frequent scans created detection bias in the comparison.
10	reporting bias	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: reporting + bias. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	报告偏见	Reporting bias hid several measurements that did not support the claim.
11	p-hacking	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: p + hacking. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	p-黑客攻击	The audit found p-hacking after researchers tried dozens of unplanned comparisons.
12	data dredging	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: data + dredging. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	数据挖掘	Data dredging produced a striking correlation that vanished in a new sample.
13	cherry-picking	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: cherry + picking. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	采摘樱桃	Cherry-picking two unusually warm days cannot establish a yearly trend.
14	operationalization	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ization forms a noun for a process of making or becoming.	操作化	The study's operationalization of loneliness combined survey responses and contact frequency.
15	abductive	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Suffix focus: -ive commonly forms an adjective meaning having a quality or tendency.	溯因的	The detective used abductive reasoning to explain several clues with one hypothesis.
16	Bayesian	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: Bayesian is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	贝叶斯	A Bayesian model revised the forecast after each new measurement.
17	frequentist	adjective Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: frequentist is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	常客	The frequentist analysis estimated how often the procedure would err over many samples.
18	posterior probability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: posterior + probability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	后验概率	The positive test raised the posterior probability of infection.
19	prior probability	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: prior + probability. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	先验概率	Local prevalence informed the prior probability used in the diagnosis model.
20	likelihood	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: likelihood is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	概率	The model chose the estimate with the greatest likelihood.
21	credible interval	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: credible + interval. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	可信区间	The credible interval placed the treatment effect between two and six points.
22	model specification	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: model + specification. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	型号规格	Poor model specification omitted the seasonal factor driving sales.
23	overfitting	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: overfitting is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	过拟合	Overfitting made the complex forecast accurate only for past years.
24	underfitting	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Base-form focus: underfitting is the dictionary headword; compare its inflected or derived forms in context.	欠拟合	Underfitting occurred when a straight line represented a curved trend.
25	cross-validation	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: cross + validation. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	交叉验证	Cross-validation showed that the simpler classifier generalized better.
26	sensitivity analysis	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: sensitivity + analysis. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	敏感性分析	The sensitivity analysis repeated the estimate under three definitions of poverty.
27	robustness check	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: robustness + check. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	稳健性检验	A robustness check confirmed the pattern after extreme values were removed.
28	proxy variable	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: proxy + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	代理变量	Nighttime light served as a proxy variable for local economic activity.
29	instrumental variable	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: instrumental + variable. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	工具变量	Rainfall acted as an instrumental variable in the irrigation study.
30	natural experiment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: natural + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	自然实验	The sudden policy boundary created a natural experiment in school funding.
31	quasi-experiment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: quasi + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	准实验	The district comparison was a quasi-experiment because families chose their schools.
32	field experiment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: field + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	现场实验	The field experiment changed store signs and measured actual purchases.
33	laboratory experiment	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: laboratory + experiment. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	实验室实验	The laboratory experiment isolated the effect of noise on memory.
34	mixed methods	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: mixed + methods. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	混合方法	The mixed methods study paired survey statistics with detailed interviews.
35	narrative inquiry	noun Study Field: Grade 11 research, evidence, and source-literacy term Word study: Term structure: narrative + inquiry. Study the complete expression as one field-specific unit.	叙事探究	Narrative inquiry examined how refugees described rebuilding a sense of home.

Vocabulary reading and practice

Making a Result Reproducible

Reading practice for pages 1–3. Five relevant words are highlighted.

English reading

A second laboratory tests a finding’s replicability with new participants. Clear operationalization lets both teams measure attention in the same way. A robustness check asks whether reasonable analytical changes alter the result, while sensitivity analysis examines which assumptions matter most. Reporting all outcomes prevents cherry-picking only the evidence that supports the preferred conclusion.

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Reading comprehension

1. What supports replicability between laboratories?

Clear operationalization supports replicability.

2. What does sensitivity analysis examine?

It examines which assumptions affect the result.

3. Why report all outcomes?

Reporting all outcomes prevents cherry-picking.

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