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Question 1

What are the 7 research methods?

Answer 1

1) Experimental
2) Observational
3) Correlational
4) Case Study
5) Meta Analysis
6) Longitudinal
7) Cross Sectional
(First 4 are the main ones to worry about)

Question 2

Describe experimental methods?

Answer 2

controlled environment (experimental and control groups), a treatment is given (IV) to see the effects (DV)

Question 3

Describe correlational methods?

Answer 3

measures a relationship between variables, no cause and effect, measured through observation, survey, case study, and meta analysis

Question 4

Describe observational methods?

Answer 4

gathering information by watching participants and quantifying a factor (usually wanting it to be naturalistic)

Question 5

Describe case study methods

Answer 5

very detailed investigations of an individual or small group of people, usually regarding an unusual phenomenon or biographical event of interest to a research field.

Question 6

Describe meta analysis methods?

Answer 6

combining information from multiple studies that already existed

Question 7

Describe Longitudinal methods?

Answer 7

studying same participants over a long period of time

Question 8

Explain cross sectional methods?

Answer 8

collecting data once on multiple age groups

Question 9

What is operational definition?

Answer 9

a measurement of your variable (find how they quantify the variable in the study – use evidence, don’t “make one up).
Define it w/o bias

Question 10

What is IV? DC? Confounding variable?

Answer 10

IV: What’s changing
DV: What’s being measured (effect)
CV: other factors that affect DV besides IV

Question 11

What’s a 3rd variable?

Answer 11

A third factor affecting IV and DV

Question 12

What’s mean?

Answer 12

Average

Question 13

What’s median?

Answer 13

Middle number (meDian)

Question 14

What’s Mode?

Answer 14

Most frequent score

Question 15

What’s range?

Answer 15

Biggest - smallest #

Question 16

What is standard deviation?

Answer 16

A measure of variance between scores

Question 17

What’s skewness?

Answer 17

asymmetry of distribution, follow the tail negative(and few scores pull them down to the left) or positive(a few scores pull the average up to the right).

Question 18

What is statistical significance?

Answer 18

Is it due to chance? More than 5% is chance

Question 19

What is correlational coefficients?

Answer 19

Pearson r, closest to 1 is strongest
shows the strength and direction of the linear relationship between two variables