Research Methods

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Decks in this class (21)

Correlations
What is a correlation,
Name the three types of co variables,
What is a positive correlation
16  cards
Level of Measurement
What is levels of measurement,
What the three types of level of ...,
What is nominal data
11  cards
Self report
What is a self report,
What are 4 types of self report,
What is a questionnaire
23  cards
Observations
What is an observation,
What three ways can an observatio...,
What are the two types of setting...
16  cards
Mann Whitney U Test
Why are the three characteristics...,
What is the calculation for mann ...,
What is step 1 of the mann whitne...
8  cards
Samples and Sampling methods
What is a target population,
What is sampling,
What are the four methods of gett...
16  cards
Validity and Reliability
What is reliability,
What is validity,
What is internal reliability
17  cards
Report writing
What is a peer review,
What are the three main purposes ...,
What is harvard referencing
7  cards
Experiments
What are the three experiment types,
What is a lab experiment,
What is a field experiment
10  cards
Experimental designs
What are the three experimental d...,
What is a independent design,
What is a repeated measures design
10  cards
Measures of dispersion
What is range,
How can you calculate the range,
What is a weakness of the range
15  cards
Aims and hypothesis testing
What is an aim,
What is a hypothesis,
What is a one tailed hypothesis
6  cards
Ethics
What are the four ethical principles,
What are the four ethical principles,
What is integrity
5  cards
Measures of central tendancy
How do you calculate the mean,
How do you calculate the median,
How do you calculate the mode
6  cards
Distribution curves
What does a postive skew look like,
What does a negative skew look like,
What does a positive skew mean
4  cards
Identifying a Non-parametric stats test
Draw the non parametric table,
What is the criteria for mann whi...,
What is the criteria for wilcoxon
6  cards
Probability and significance
What is a significant result,
What percentage do psychologists ...,
What is a type 2 error
4  cards
Wilcoxon rank test
How do you know if its a wilcoxon...,
How do you calculate the wilcoxon...
2  cards
Chi-squared
What is the criteria for chi square,
How do you calculate chi square,
What is the equation for degrees ...
5  cards
Binomial sign test
How to tell if its a binomial sig...,
How do you calculate binomial test
2  cards
Spearmans RHO
What is the criteria for spearman...,
How do you calculate spearmans rho
2  cards

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