Research Methods AQA

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Decks in this class (31)

Aims and hypothesis
What is an aim,
What is operationalisation of var...,
What is an experimental hypothesis
6  cards
Sampling techniques
What is random sampling,
What are the strengths of random ...,
What are limitations of random sa...
15  cards
Types of experiment
What is a laboratory experiment,
What are the 3 key features of a ...,
What are the strengths of a lab e...
11  cards
Experimental design
What is the independent groups de...,
What are the strengths of indepen...,
What are the limitations of indep...
12  cards
Reliability and validity
What is internal reliability,
What is used to demonstrate and t...,
What is the split half method
21  cards
Ethical issues
What are the three main issues in...,
How can deception be minimised,
Why is deception necessary
6  cards
Peer review
What is peer review,
What is the peer review process,
What are the 4 options for reviewers
11  cards
Type of data
What is qualitative data,
What is quantitative data,
What is primary data
15  cards
Reporting psychological investigations
What are the stages of reporting ...,
What must a title be,
What does a table of contents show
13  cards
Psychological research and the economy
0  cards
Controlling variables
What are three types of variables,
What are participant variables,
What are some examples of partici...
17  cards
Observational techniques
What is a controlled observation,
What is a naturalistic observation,
What is a covert observation
18  cards
Observational design
How might psychologists record da...,
How might psychologists record da...,
What is categorising behaviour
14  cards
Self report techniques
What is a self report technique,
What are strengths of self report...,
What are limitations of self repo...
21  cards
Content analysis and thematic analysis
What is content analysis,
What is thematic analysis,
What does content analysis involve
12  cards
Case studies
What is a case study,
What do cause studies involve,
What do cause studies allow psych...
11  cards
Correlations
What are correlations,
What are strengths of correlations,
What are weaknesses of correlations
8  cards
Distributions
What are the three types of distr...,
What is the explanation of normal...,
What is the explanation of positi...
4  cards
Descriptive statistics
What are measures of central tend...,
What is the mean,
What are strengths of the mean
17  cards
Inferential statistics
What is inferential testing,
What is a level of measurement,
What are the three levels of meas...
20  cards
Probability and significance
What do statistical tests show,
What is a null hypothesis,
What does a significant result me...
13  cards
The sign test
Why is the sign test used,
What is the first stage of the si...,
What is the second stage of the s...
9  cards
Spearmans rho test
When is spearmans rho used,
What two scores are spearmans rho...,
What does it mean if spearmans rh...
9  cards
Pearsons R test
When is pearsons r test used,
How do you calculate the degrees ...,
What do you do once you have a pe...
6  cards
Wilcoxon test
When is the wilcoxon test used,
What do you use for n in the wilc...,
When are the results significant ...
6  cards
Mann-whitney test
When would you use the mann whitn...,
What values does the mann whitney...,
Out of u1 and u2 which value beco...
7  cards
Related t-test
When would psychologists use a re...,
How do you calculate the degrees ...,
What do you do once you have the ...
5  cards
Unrelated t-test
When would a psychologist use a u...,
How do you calculate the degrees ...,
What do you do once you have the ...
5  cards
Chi-squared test
When would psychologists use a ch...,
How do you calculate the degrees ...,
What do you do once you have your...
5  cards
Presentation of quantitative data
What are the 5 presentations of q...,
When is a histogram used,
When are histograms are useful
10  cards
Features of a science
What is the scientific process,
What are the three parts to the s...,
What is a key feature of science
9  cards

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