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psychology - research methods

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Decks in this class (16)

experimental methods
Aims 1,
Hypotheses 2,
Directional hypothesis 3
9  cards
research issues
Extraneous variables 1,
Confounding variables 2,
Demand characteristics 3
6  cards
experimental designs
Independent groups 1,
Limitation of independent group d...,
Limiatation of independent group ...
11  cards
types of experiments
Laboratory experiments 1,
Strenght of lab experiments 2,
Strength of lab experiments 3
15  cards
sampling
Population and sample 1,
Random sample 2,
Strenght of random sampling 3
16  cards
ethical issues and ways of dealing with them
Informed consent 1,
Dealing with informed consent 2,
Deception 3
7  cards
pilot studies
Aims of a pilot study 1,
Single blind procedure 2,
Double blind procedure 3
4  cards
observational techniques
Observation 1,
Strength of all observations 2,
Limitation of all observations 3
21  cards
observational design
Inter observer reliability descri...,
How to do inter observer reliabil...,
Issues in observational design wa...
13  cards
self report techniques
What are questionnaires 1,
Open questions 2,
Closed questions 3
8  cards
self report design
Designing questionnaires likert s...,
Designing questionnaires rating s...,
Designing questionnaires fixed ch...
7  cards
correlations
Correlations 1,
Types of correlation positive 2,
Types of correlation negative 3
9  cards
tyes of data
Qualitative data 1,
Strenght 2,
Limitation 3
13  cards
measures of central tendency and dispersion
Measures of central tendency 1,
Mean 2,
Median 3
7  cards
presentation of quantitative data
Summarising data in a table 1,
Bar charts 2,
Histograms 3
6  cards
peer review
The role of peer review 1,
Main aims of peer review 2,
Evaluation of peer review anonymi...
5  cards

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