research methods part 6

Question 1

what are the 8 tests used to identify the level of significance ?

Answer 1

• sign test
• wilcoxon
• mann whitney
• unrelated t test
• related t test
• spearman’s rho
• pearson’s r
• chi squared

Question 2

what are the 8 tests used to identify the level of significance ?

Answer 2

• sign test
• wilcoxon
• mann whitney
• unrelated t test
• related t test
• spearman’s rho
• pearson’s r
• chi squared

Question 3

what is the 3 parts of the criteria to justify using a sign test ?

Answer 3

• difference
• repeated measures
• nominal data

Question 4

what does the calculated value need to be for a sign test to be significant?

Answer 4

equal to or less than the critical value

Question 5

how do you work out the sign test’s calculated value ?

Answer 5

• find the + and -
• whichever is the one that’s less is the calculated value

Question 6

what are the 3 parts of the criteria for Mann Whitney ?

Answer 6

• difference
• individual groups
• ordinal

Question 7

what does the calculated value need to be in a Mann Whitney test for it to be significant ?

Answer 7

the calculated value needs to be equal too or less than the critical value

Question 8

what are the 3 parts of the criteria for a Wilcoxon test ?

Answer 8

• difference between groups
• repeated measures
• ordinal data

Question 9

what does the calculated value need to be in a Wilcoxon test to be significant ?

Answer 9

equal too or less than the critical value

Question 10

what are the 3 parts of the criteria for a Chi-Squared test ?

Answer 10

• difference
• individual groups
• nominal data

Question 11

what does the calculated value need to be for either Chi-Squared tests to be significant ?

Answer 11

equal too or more than the critical value

Question 12

what are the 2 parts for the criteria for Chi-Squared test ?

Answer 12

• correlation
• nominal data

Question 13

what are the 2 parts for the criteria for a Spearman’s Rho test ?

Answer 13

• correlation
• ordinal data

Question 14

what does the calculated value for a Spearman’s Rho test need to be to be significant ?

Answer 14

equal too ore more than the critical value

Question 15

what are the 2 parts for a criteria of a Pearson’s R test ?

Answer 15

• correlation
• interval data

Question 16

what does the calculated value need to be in a Pearson’s R test to be significant ?

Answer 16

equal too or more than the critical value

Question 17

what are the 3 parts for the criteria of a Unrelated t-test ?

Answer 17

• difference but between 2 sets of data
• individual groups
• interval data

Question 18

what does the calculated value need to be in a Unrelated t-test to be significant ?

Answer 18

equal too or more than the critical value

Question 19

what are the 3 parts for the Related t-test ?

Answer 19

• difference between 2 sets of data
• repeated measures
• interval data

Question 20

what does the calculated value need to be in a Related t-test to be significant ?

Answer 20

equal too or more than the critical value

Question 21

what is the order of the 6 aspects that a scientific journal includes ?

Answer 21

• abstract
• introduction
• method
• results
• discussion
• references

Question 22

what is an abstract in a scientific journal ?

Answer 22

a summary that includes a brief description of the aims, hypothesis, procedures, main findings, conclusions and implication of the study

Question 23

what is the introduction in a scientific journal ?

Answer 23

starts off with a review of other similar research, including theories that the research is going to be based on
- starts of really broad then becomes more specific to the research
- aim
- hypothesis
- null hypotheis

Question 24

what is the method in a scientific journal ?

Answer 24

detailed description of what the researches did
- design
- pps
- materials
- producers
- ethics

Question 25

what is the results in a scientific journal ?

Answer 25

- descriptive results - critical value - raw data

Question 26

what is the discussion in a scientific journal ?

Answer 26

everything about what the results show

Question 27

what is the references in a scientific journal ?

Answer 27

any references from articles, books and studies etc... must be refrenced

Question 28

what 2 sections should a consent form include ?

Answer 28

- procedural issues - ethical issues

Question 29

what are the 6 procedural issues in a consent form ?

Answer 29

- specific details/ requirements - non-invasive procedure - the functioning is assed before and after - researcher is trained to conduct - duration of the procedure - random allocation of pps in conditions ( if relevant)

Question 30

what are the 6 ethical issues in a consent form ?

Answer 30

- no pressure to consent - pps can withdraw at anytime - pps can withdraw their data - pps data will be kept confidential - pps should feel free to ask questions - receive a full debrief at the end

Question 31

what 3 things must be included in standardised instructions for a scientific journal ?

Answer 31

- what will happen to the pps and what they need to do - include a check of understanding - possible to also remind them of their ethical rights

Question 32

what must be clearly explained and the same in standardised instructions ?

Answer 32

- the instructions - get the same instructions

Question 33

what must be included in a debrief for a scientific journal ?

Answer 33

- aim of the experiment - what the different conditions were - explain any deception that was used and why - what is expected to be found - what is going to happen with the results - ask if they have any questions - remind them of the ethics

Question 34

what are the 2 types of references that need to be known ?

Answer 34

- book - journal

Question 35

what is needed if referencing a journal article ?

Answer 35

surname, initials (year), title, journal title in italics, volume of italics, page numbers

Question 36

what is needed when referencing a book ?

Answer 36

surname, initials (year), book title in italics, place of publication, name of publisher

Question 37

what does designing a study need to include ?

Answer 37

- include all the details mentioned in the question - the design needs to be completely relevant to the topic

Question 38

what are the 12 things involved in the study pro-forma for design a study ?

Answer 38

- aims - hypothesis - variables - extraneous variables and how to control - sample and sampling method - design - method - materials - ethical issues - results - statistical analysis - qualitative analysis

Question 39

what are the 4 factors to consider when designing a study ?

Answer 39

- experiments - observations - self report - correlations - case study