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PSYCH - RESEARCH METHODS

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Decks in this class (26)

L1 - Experimental Methods
What is the independent variable,
What is the dependent variable,
What are extraneous variables ev
15  cards
L2 - Observational Techniques
What is an observation,
What is non participant observation,
What is participant observation
11  cards
L3 - Self-Report Techniques
What is self report,
What are interviews,
What is a structured interview
12  cards
L4 - Correlations
What is correlation,
What are the three types of corre...,
What is a positive correlation
11  cards
L5 - Aims, Hypotheses and Pilot Studies
What is an aim,
What is a hypothesis,
What is the first part of a hypot...
14  cards
L6 - Sampling Techniques
What is sampling,
What is random sampling,
What are the advantages of random...
16  cards
L7 - Experimental Designs
What is experimental design,
What is the independent groups de...,
What are the advantages of indepe...
11  cards
L8 - Control of Extraneous Variables
Why must extraneous variables be ...,
What are the 4 types of extraneou...,
What are participant variables pt 1
9  cards
L9 - Designing Observations, Questionnaires and Interviews
What are operationalised behaviou...,
What is the purpose of behavioura...,
What is observer bias
11  cards
L10 - Ethics
What is the importance of ethics ...,
What is informed consent pt 1,
What is informed consent pt 2
8  cards
L11 - Peer Review
What is peer review pt 1,
What is peer review pt 2,
What happens in peer review pt 1
10  cards
L12 - Psychology and the Economy
What is the economy,
What are the ways in which psycho...,
How has social influence impacted...
9  cards
L13 - Types of Data
What is quantitative data,
What does quantitative data include,
What is qualitative data
8  cards
L14 - Presentation of Quantitative Data
How are tables used to present qu...,
How are scattergrams used to pres...,
How are bar charts used to presen...
7  cards
L15 - Descriptive Statistics
What are descriptive statistics,
What are measures of central tend...,
What is the mean measures of cent...
9  cards
L16 - Sign Test
What are the two types of statistics,
How do inferential statistics wor...,
How do inferential statistics wor...
7  cards
L17 - Content and Thematic Analysis
What is content analysis pt 1,
What is content analysis pt 2,
What is coding
9  cards
L18 - Case Studies
What is the purpose of a case study,
When are case studies used,
What are some examples of famous ...
8  cards
L19 - Assessing and Improving Reliability
What is reliability,
What is test retest reliability pt 1,
What is test retest reliability pt 2
9  cards
L20 - Types of Validity, Assessing and Improving Validity
What is validity,
What is internal validity,
What is external validity
11  cards
L21 - Features of Science
What is a science,
What is psychology,
What is objectivity
7  cards
L22 - Theory Construction, Features of Science Pt 2
What is a theory,
How are theories constructed,
What is deductive reasoning
10  cards
L23 - Reporting Psychological Investigations
What are some general points abou...,
What are the stages in writing a ...,
1 title
11  cards
L24 - Probability and Significance Levels
What is the level of statistical ...,
What is chance in relation to sig...,
What are significance levels
7  cards
L25 - Factors affecting Choice of Statistical Test, Levels of Measurement
What are levels of measurement,
What is nominal level data,
What is ordinal level data
10  cards
L26 - Determining the appropriate Statistical Test to Use in any given situation
What is the rhyme used to remembe...,
What is the carrots in the statis...,
What is the should in the statist...
11  cards

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