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6.1 Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Focuses on people behaving in nat...,
Can be broadly classified as prim...,
Tends to focus on specific behavi...
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6.4 Case Studies
The case study may be a descripti...,
A ____ ____ is an observational m...,
A ____ is a type of case study in...
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6.5 Archival Research
____ ____ are collected by many p...,
____ ____ involves using previous...,
____ ____ consist of data from su...
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7.1 Survey Research
____ ____ employes questionnaires...,
Surveys are a ____ ____ that is u...,
Surveys have become extremely imp...
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7.2 Constructing Questions
Questions about ____ and ____ foc...,
When constructing questions for a...,
____ ____ ask people to indicate ...
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7.3 Responses To Questions
With ____ questions a limited num...,
Questions can be either ____ or _...,
With questions respondents are fr...
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7.4 Finalising The Questionnaire
It is also good idea to consider ...,
The printed questionnaire should ...,
In general it is best to ask the ...
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7.5 Adminitering Surveys
The other way to administer a sur...,
There are two ways to administer ...,
Questionnaires are generally less...
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7.6 Sampling From A Population
The ____ is composed of all indiv...,
Most research projects involve __...,
With proper sampling we can use i...
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7.7 Sampling Techniques
In ____ sampling each member of t...,
There are ___ basic techniques fo...,
In ____ sampling we don t know th...
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7.8 Evaluating Samples
A completely unbiased sample is o...,
Samples should be ____ of the pop...,
To create a completely ____ sampl...
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1.1 Scientific Approach
The fundamental characteristic of...,
Scientific ____ means that ideas ...,
____ are collected that form the ...
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1.2 Goals Of Behavioural Science
The scientist begins with careful...,
Scientific research on behaviour ...,
Another goal of science is to ___...
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1.3 Basic And Applied Research
____ research is conducted to add...,
____ research tries to answer fun...,
A major area of applied research ...
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2.1 Where To Start
A ____ is a tentative ideal quest...,
A hypothesis is a type of ____ or...,
A ___ is a researchers belief con...
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2.2 Sources Of Ideas
Observations of personal and soci...,
One source of ideas they can be t...,
Much research in the behavioural ...
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2.3 Anatomy Of A Research Article
The ____ is a summary of the rese...,
Research articles usually have fi...,
In the ____ section the research ...
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3.1 Ethical Concerns
The three basic ____ principles a...,
The ____ report defined the princ...,
The associated ____ of these prin...
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4.1 Validity
____ validity refers to the accur...,
____ validity concerns whether ou...,
____ validity concerns whether we...
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4.2 Nonexperimental Versus Experimental Methods
Non experimental inquiry can be d...,
With the ____ method relationship...,
In the non experimental method va...
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4.3 Nonexperimental Method
Because of the non experimental m...,
Using the non experimental method...,
In the correlational method we ex...
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4.4 Experimental Method
Another characteristic of the exp...,
The experimental method reduces a...,
Any variable that cannot be held ...
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5.1 Measurement Concepts – Reliability
A reliable measure does not ____ ...,
____ refers to the consistency or...,
Any measure that you make can be ...
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5.2 Construct Validity of Measures
The content of the measure appear...,
____ validity concerns whether ou...,
Face validity is not sufficient t...
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8.1 Experimental Design
The simplest possible ____ ____ h...,
The independent variable has a mi...,
The experimental method involves ...
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9.1 Manipulating The Independent Variable
Sometimes it is necessary to stag...,
____ ____ manipulate variables wi...,
Staged manipulations are most fre...
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9.2 Measuring The Dependent Variable
____ ____ can be used to measure ...,
The ____ ____ in most experiments...,
____ ____ are direct observations...
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9.3 Additional Controls
Use of a control group makes it p...,
A ____ experimental design has tw...,
____ ____ are any feature of an e...
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9.4 Additional Considerations
The intent of the proposal is to ...,
After putting considerable though...,
A research proposal is very simil...
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11.1 Single-Case Experimental Designs
____ ____ ____ were developed fro...,
Single case experimental designs ...,
In a single case design the subje...
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11.2 Program Evaluation
The initial focus of evaluation r...,
____ ____ is research on programs...,
____ ____ studies ask whether the...
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11.3 Quasi-Experimental Designs
Quasi experimental design allows ...,
____ ____ designs address the nee...,
A ___ ____ ____ ____ design calle...
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11.4 Developmental Research Designs
In a study using a ____ ____ meth...,
Developmental psychologist often ...,
In the ____ method the same group...
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12.2 Descriptive Statistics
Two statistics are needed to desc...,
____ statistics allow researchers...,
A ____ ____ statistic tells us wh...
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12.1 Analysing Results Of Research
Statistics are used to make ____ ...,
____ are used to describe the dat...,
The levels of ____ scale variable...
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13.1 Understanding Research Results
____ ____ allow researchers to a ...,
Inferential statistics are necess...,
Inferential statistics are used t...
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13.2 The t And F Tests
The _ ____ is commonly used to ex...,
The _ ____ is a more general stat...,
To use the t distribution to eval...
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13.3 Type I And Type II Errors
The other ____ ____ is to accept ...,
One ____ ____ occurs when we reje...,
A ____ ____is made when we reject...
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6.2 Naturalistic Observation
In a ____ ____ study the research...,
Naturalistic observation is somet...,
The goal of naturalistic observat...
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6.3 Systematic Observation
The researcher is interested in o...,
____ ____ refers to the careful o...,
Numerous ____ can be studied usin...
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Equations
Mean,
Variance,
Standard deviation
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