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Decks in this class (25)

Experimental Method
What is the experimental method,
What is an aim of research,
What is a hypothesis
12  cards
Control of Variables
What is an extraneous variable,
What is a confounding variable,
What are demand characteristics
7  cards
Types of Experiment
What is a laboratory experiment,
What are strengths of lab experim...,
What are limitations of lab exepe...
12  cards
Sampling
What is the population,
What is oppotunity sampling,
What is a strength of oppotunity ...
16  cards
Experimental design
What is the experimental design,
What is the independent groups de...,
What is a strength of the indepen...
12  cards
Types of studies
What is a single blind procedure,
What is a pilot study,
What is a double blind
4  cards
Observational techniques
What is a naturalistic observation,
What is a strength of a naturalis...,
What is a limitation of a natural...
18  cards
Observational designs
What is observer bias,
What is inter rater reliability,
How is inter rater reliability ca...
15  cards
Correlations
What are correlational coefficients,
What is a correlation,
What is a negative correlation
13  cards
Types of data
What is qualitative data,
What is a strength of qualitative...,
What is a limitation of qualitati...
19  cards
Levels of measurement
What is ordinal data,
What is nominal data,
What is interval data
4  cards
Descriptive statistics
What are measures of central tend...,
What is a strength of mean,
What is a limitation of mean
15  cards
Distributions
What is normal distribution,
What is skewed distribution,
What is a positive skew
4  cards
Peer Review
What is peer review,
What are the 3 main purposes of p...,
Why is anonymity a limitation of ...
8  cards
Implications of Psychological Research for the Economy
What are implications,
What is the economy,
How much does absence from work m...
8  cards
Content Analysis
What is content analysis,
What does content analysis look at,
What is the first stage of conten...
9  cards
Scientific Report
What is an abstract,
What is the purpose of an abstract,
What is an introduction
7  cards
Use of the Sign Test
What is the purpose of statistica...,
When can the sign test be used,
What are the 2 columns data from ...
10  cards
Choosing an Inferential Statistical Test
What are statistical tests used for,
What is the calculated value,
How is the critical value calculated
9  cards
Probability and Significance
What is significance,
What is a null hypothesis n0,
What is an alternative hypothesis n1
11  cards
Features of a science
What is a paradigm,
What is a paradigm shift,
What are paradigm shifts a result of
19  cards
Ethical issues and ways of dealing with them
What is informed consent,
How can informed consent be dealt...,
What is deception
9  cards
Self report techniques and design
What is an open question,
What is a strength of open questions,
What is a limitation of open ques...
24  cards
Reliability across all methods of investigation
What is reliabilty,
What is internal validity,
How can internal validity be asse...
9  cards
Validity
What is internal validity,
How can internal validity be infl...,
What is external validity
11  cards

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