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Experimental Design
What is independent group designs,
What are the advantages of an ind...,
What are repeated measures
10  cards
Experiments
What is a laboratory experiment,
What are the advantages of a labo...,
What are the disadvantages of a l...
14  cards
Display Of Quantitative Data And Data Distributions
What type of data does a bar char...,
What type of data does a histogra...,
What data does a line graph display
7  cards
Correlations
What is a correlation,
What is a positive correlation wh...,
What correlational coefficient di...
5  cards
Observational Techniques
What observational techniques are...,
What is a naturalistic observation,
What are the advantages of a natu...
28  cards
Self Report Techniques
What self report techniques are t...,
What is a questionnaire,
What is a closed question
10  cards
Pilot Studies And Meta Anlaysis
What are pilot studies,
What do pilot studies check,
What is a meta analysis
4  cards
The Experimental Method
What is an aim,
What is a hypothesis and what typ...,
Write a two tailed hypothesis
5  cards
Validity And Reliabiltiy
What is validity,
What is reliability,
How can we test validity
4  cards
Measures Of Central Tendency And Dispersion
What measures of central tendency...,
What measures of dispersion are t...,
What is the mean
13  cards
Control Of Variables
Why do psychologists want to cont...,
How is counterbalancing done,
How is random allocation performe...
6  cards
Sampling Techniques
What types of sampling techniques...,
What is random sampling,
What is the strength of a random ...
15  cards

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