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Psychology - research methods

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Decks in this class (16)

Experimental methods and designs
What is an aim 1,
What is a hypothesis 2,
What is a null hypothesis 3
15  cards
Types of experiments
What is a lab experiment 1,
Lab experiment strengths 2,
Lab experiment limitations 3
12  cards
Sampling
What is a random sample 1,
Random sample eval 2,
What is stratified sampling 3
10  cards
Control of variables / pilot studies
What are extreanous variables 1,
How can extraneous variables be c...,
What are confounding variables 3
15  cards
observations
What is a naturalistic observation 1,
Naturalistic observation 2,
What is a controlled observation 3
26  cards
Content analysis
What is a content analysis 1,
What are the 3 steps 2,
Behavioural categories generation 3
11  cards
Self report methods
Define the term self report method 1,
Define qualitative data 2,
Eval of qualitative data 3
26  cards
Correlations / meta analysis / case studies
Define correlation 1,
Define co variable 2,
Define positive correlation 3
17  cards
statistical testing
Null hypothesis def 1,
What is a directional and non dir...,
What hypothesis uses a one tailed...
19  cards
reliability
What is the strength of a corrlel...,
Define reliability 2,
What are the two ways of testing ...
9  cards
validity
Define validity 1,
Define internal validity 2,
Define external validity 3
12  cards
distributions
What is a normal distribution 1,
Where does the median lie on a no...,
Where does the mode lie on a norm...
12  cards
scientific reports
What are the 5 sections to a scie...,
What is the abstract section 2,
What is the introduction section ...
9  cards
peer reviews
Define peer review 1,
What are the three aims of peer r...,
Allocate fundings for future rese...
8  cards
Graphs and ways of displaying data
What is meant by a raw data table 1,
Frequency table 2,
Bar chart 3
15  cards
Descriptive statistics
Identify the two types of descrip...,
Explain what is meant by measures...,
Explain what is meant by measures...
19  cards

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