psych - research methods

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Decks in this class (24)

types of experiment
What is a lab experiment 1,
Strength of laboratory experiments 2,
Weaknesses of labatory experiments 3
12  cards
observations
What is an observation 1,
What is a controlled observation 2,
Strength of controlled observation 3
28  cards
self report techniques
What is a self report technique 1,
2 self report methods 2,
What is an open question 3
30  cards
correlations
Co variables are 1,
Positive correlation 2,
Negative correlations 3
10  cards
content analysis
What is content analysis 2 1,
5 steps of a content analysis 2,
The coding units should be ______...
11  cards
case studies
Case studies 1,
Whats a longitudinal case study 2,
Weaknesses of case studies 3
4  cards
aims and hypothesis
Aim is 1,
Hypothesis is 2,
Its important that we _____ dv an...
8  cards
sampling
What is random sampling 1,
How to conduct a random sample 2,
Strength of random sample 3
17  cards
experimental design
What is independent groups design 1,
Weaknesses of independent groups ...,
Strength of independent groups de...
10  cards
variables
Co variables 1,
Iv dv cv 2,
Extraneous variable 3
13  cards
ethics
Informed consent 1,
Right to withdraw 2,
Protection from harm 3
11  cards
peer review
What is peer review 1,
Stage 1 of peer review 2,
Stage 2 of peer review 3
8  cards
psychology and the economy
Maternal dep 1,
Social influence 2,
Neurotransmitters 3
4  cards
reliability
Reliability means 1,
External vs internal reliability 2,
How to asses internal reliability 3
9  cards
validity
Internal validity 1,
External validity 2,
Things decreasing internal validi...
7  cards
Features Of A Science
Empiricism 1,
The empirical method is and give ...,
Objectivity 3
11  cards
Reporting Psychological Investigations
What is an abstract 1,
Purpose of an abstract 2,
Introduction 3
12  cards
Types Of Data
Quantitative data 1,
Qualitative data 2,
When to use qualitative and quant...
15  cards
Descriptive Statistics
Mode 1,
Strengths of using the mode 2,
Weakness of the mode 3
14  cards
Display Of Quantitaive Data (graphs)
Bars charts use what type of data 1,
It s important that bars don t __...,
Scattergrma show the relationship...
8  cards
Distributions
What is a normal distribution and...,
Measures of central tendency acro...,
Characteristics of normal distrib...
7  cards
Levels Of Measurement
3 kinds of levels of measurement 1,
Nominal data and give examples 2,
Ordinal data and examples 3
8  cards
Probability And Significance
Null vs alternative hypothesis 1,
Probability 2,
The higher the probability the gr...
11  cards
inferential statistics
If the likelihood results are due...,
What acronym do we use 2,
Labels going across and down 3
8  cards

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