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psychology- research methods

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experimental methods
What is an aim 2 1,
What is a hypothesis 2,
What is directional hypothesis 3
7  cards
experimental design
What is matched pairs design 1,
Strength of matched pairs 2,
3 limitations of matched pairs 3
9  cards
types of experiment
What are natural experiments 1,
2 strengths of natural experiments 2,
2 limitations of natural experime...
12  cards
observational techniques
What are naturalistic observation...,
2 strengths of naturalistic obser...,
2 limitations of naturalistic obs...
19  cards
observational designs
What are unstructured observation...,
Strength of unstructured observat...,
2 limitations of unstructured obs...
17  cards
self report techniques
What are questionnaires 1,
What are open questions 2 2,
2 strengths of open questions 3
18  cards
correlations
What are correlations 1,
How do correlations differ to exp...,
What are co variables 3
13  cards
case studies
What is a case study 3 1,
3 strengths of case studies 2,
3 limitations of case studies 3
3  cards
sampling
What is opportunity sampling 1,
2 strengths of opportunity sampli...,
Limitations of opportunity sampli...
15  cards
control of variables
What are extraneous variables 2 1,
What are confounding variables 3 2,
What are demand characteristics 3 3
10  cards
peer review
What is peer review 1,
3 main purposes of peer review 2,
Evaluation peer review 3
5  cards
ethics
What is informed consent 1,
Limitation of informed consent fo...,
How to deal with informed consent 3
12  cards
types of data
What is qualitative data 1,
3 strengths of qualitative data 2,
2 limitations of qualitative data 3
16  cards
reliability and validity
What is validity 1,
3 ways to assess validity 2,
What is face validity assessing v...
25  cards
measures of central tendency and dispersion
Measures of central tendency defi...,
How to work out mean 2,
How to work out mode 3
17  cards
presentation of quantitative data
Feature of summarising data in a ...,
3 features of a bar chart 2,
2 features of histogram 3
8  cards

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