Research methods

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Decks in this class (20)

Correlations
What are correlations,
What else does correlations mean,
How are correlation measured
9  cards
Lab and field experiments
What is a lab experiment,
What are field experiments,
What do field experiments have
8  cards
Natural and Quasi-experiments
What are natural experiments,
When are natural experiments used,
Name an example of a natural expe...
9  cards
Observational techniques
What is observational research,
What is a controlled observation,
What are naturalistic observations
9  cards
Observational techniques evaluation
Strengths of observational studies,
Weakness of observational studies,
Naturalistic observations strengths
8  cards
Aims and hypotheses
What is a hypotheses,
In an experiment what is the rese...,
In a non experiment what is the r...
7  cards
Sampling
What is sampling,
What is a population,
What is opportunity sampling
12  cards
Maths
How do you calculate percentage i...,
How do you calculate percentage d...
2  cards
Sign test
When do you use a sign test,
How do you do a sign test,
How do you calculate the critical...
4  cards
Measures of central tendency
What are the strengths of using t...,
What are disadvantages of using t...,
What are strengths of the median
10  cards
Ethical issues
What is informed consent,
What is deception,
What can deception lead to
7  cards
Dealing with ethical issues
What is one way of dealing with e...,
How do you deal with informed con...,
How else can you deal with inform...
10  cards
Writing a debrief
How would you write a consent form
1  cards
Experimental design
What is a repeated measures desig...,
How would you use counterbalancin...,
What is independent groups design...
4  cards
Other research methods
What is content analysis,
What is meta analysis,
Strengths and weaknesses of meta ...
5  cards
Peer reviews
What are peer reviews,
One reason why peer reviews are used,
2nd reason
4  cards
concurrent validity
What is concurrent validity
1  cards
Psychology and the economy
0  cards
Questionnaires
What are questionnaires,
What are open questions,
Name strengths of open questionna...
8  cards
Interviews
0  cards

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