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Lesson 1- Experimental Methods
Define independent variable,
Define dependent variable,
Define extraneous variable
15  cards
Lesson 15- Statistical Testing- The Sign test (When to use the sign test & calculations)
What are the 2 types of statistics,
What are descriptive statistics,
What are inferential statistics
10  cards
Lesson 14- Mathematical concepts & distributions
What type of data is included in ...,
What are the 4 types of graphs mo...,
What is a bar chart
14  cards
Lesson 13- Descriptive Statistics- Measures of Central Tendency & Measures of Dispersion
What are measures of central tend...,
List the 3 measures of central te...,
What is the mean
17  cards
Lesson 12- Types of Data
What are the 8 types of data,
What is nominal data,
What is ordinal data
12  cards
Lesson 11- Psychology & the Economy
Give an example of how social cha...,
Give a specific real life example...,
Give an example where findings in...
5  cards
Lesson 10- Validating new knowledge & the role of peer review
What is meant by validating new k...,
What is peer review what does the...,
What are academic journals
10  cards
Lesson 9- British Psychological Society (BPS) Code of ethics & ethical issues
What is the link between ethical ...,
What is an ethics committee,
What is the british psychological...
19  cards
Lesson 8- Reliability, Validity & Control of Extraneous Variables
Define reliability,
What are the 2 types of reliability,
What is internal reliability
19  cards
Lesson 7- Experimental Designs (including randomisation, random allocation & standardisation)
What is an experimental design,
What are the 3 types of experimen...,
What is the experimental group tr...
14  cards
Lesson 6- Sampling Techniques & Pilot Studies
What is the target population,
What is a sample,
What is random sampling
13  cards
Lesson 5- Aims & Hypotheses
What is an aim and what should it...,
What is the operationalisation of...,
What is a hypothesis
10  cards
Lesson 4- Correlations
What is correlation and where is ...,
What are the 3 types of correlati...,
What is a positive correlation
13  cards
Lesson 3- Self-Report Techniques
What are self report techniques,
What is quantitative data,
What is qualitative data
14  cards
Lesson 2- Observational Techniques
What is an observation,
What is obersver bias,
How do you overcome observer bias
21  cards

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