Research methods

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Decks in this class (22)

Experimental methods
What are the different types of v...,
What is an independant variable,
What is the control condition
20  cards
Observational Techniques
What are observations,
What is a non participant observa...,
What is an ad of non participant ...
26  cards
Sef-report Techniques
Define self report techniques,
What are interviews,
What are the tyree types of inter...
16  cards
Correlations
What is a correlation,
What are the three types of corre...,
Describe the strength of correlat...
7  cards
Aims + Hypotheses
What is an aim,
What is the operationalisation of...,
What is a hypothesis
10  cards
Sampling Techniques
What is a target population,
What are sampling techniques,
What should a sample be
18  cards
Experimental Designs
What is an experimental design,
What are the three main types of ...,
What is the independent groups de...
11  cards
Ethics
What does high quality research i...,
What is informed consent,
What is protection from harm
8  cards
Control Of Extraneous Variables
Extraneous variables and validity,
What are participant variables,
Describe the process of random al...
7  cards
Designing Observations, Questionnaires And Interviews
What are operational behavioural ...,
What do behavioural categories do,
What is observer bias
16  cards
Peer Review
Ads of peer review,
Disads of peer review,
What is peer review
5  cards
Psychology and the Economy
Economy definition,
Ways in which psychology affects ...,
Social influence the economy
6  cards
Types of Data + descriptive statistics
Quantitive data,
Qualitative data,
Challenges to qualitative data
9  cards
presentation of quantitative data
Tables,
Scattergrams,
Bar chart
4  cards
Content analysis
Content analysis,
Thematic analysis,
Ads of content analysis
4  cards
Case studies
Case studies,
Ads of case studies,
Disads of case studies
3  cards
Reliability
Different ways of assessing relia...,
Assessing reliability in observat...,
Assessing reliability in self rep...
15  cards
Validity
Internal validity,
Factors that reduce internal expe...,
Investigator effects
28  cards
Features of science
When is psychology a science,
Empirical methods,
Paradigm
15  cards
Writing pscychological reports
General points about writing psyc...,
Stages in writing a psychological...,
Journal reference
4  cards
Probability + Statistical significance
Standard significance level,
10 significance level,
1 significance level
5  cards
statistical tests
Levels of measuremement,
Nominal data,
Ordinal data
24  cards

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