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Decks in this class (19)

Experimental Method
What is an experimental method 1,
What is an aim 2,
What is a hypothesis 3
7  cards
Research Issues
What are extraenuous variables 1,
What are confounding variables 2,
What are demand characterisitcs 3
7  cards
Experimental Designs
What is an experimental design 1,
What is an independant groups des...,
What is a repeated measures design 3
12  cards
Types of Experiment
What is a labotory experiment 1,
What are the strengths of laborat...,
What are the limitations of a lab...
11  cards
Sampling
What is meant by a population 1,
What is random sampling 2,
What is meany by a sample 2
14  cards
Ethical Issues and Ways of Dealing With Them
How do ethical issues arise in ps...,
What are the 4 ethical issues 2,
What is informed consent 3
11  cards
Pilot Studies
What is a pilot study 1,
What are the aims of pilot studies 2
2  cards
Observational Techniques
What are the 6 types of observati...,
What are naturalistic controlled ...,
What are covert overt observations 3
12  cards
Observational Design
What is an unstructured observati...,
What is a structure observation 2,
How do psychologists attempt to o...
13  cards
Self Report Techniques
What are self report techniques 1,
What is a questionairre 2,
What is an open closed question 3
6  cards
Self-Report Design
What is an open question 1,
What is a closed question 2,
What is a likert scale 3
10  cards
Correlation
Define correlation 1,
What is the difference between co...,
What is a positive and negative c...
10  cards
Types of Data
What is primary secondary data 1,
What are the strengths weaknesses...,
What are the strengths weaknesses...
7  cards
Measures of Central Tendency & Dispersion
What exactly are measures of cent...,
What are the 3 types of measures ...,
What is the mean the median the m...
7  cards
Inferential Statistics
What are inferential statisitcs 1,
What is the difference between in...,
What is the certainty level that ...
24  cards
Features of Science
What is a paradigm 1,
What did kuhn suggest about parad...,
What is a paradigm shift 3
14  cards
Case Studies and Content Analysis
What is a case study 1,
What is content analysis 2,
How does content analysis take pl...
7  cards
Validity
Define validity 1,
What is internal validity 2,
What is external validity 3
10  cards
Reliability
Define reliability 1,
What is test retest reliability 2,
What is inter observer reliability 3
9  cards

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