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maths in psychology
How do you do percentage increase 1,
How do you do percentage decrease 2
2  cards
variables
What is the independent variable 1,
What is the dependant variable 2,
What is the only thing that shoul...
23  cards
aims and hypotheses
What is an aim 1,
What is a hypothesis 2,
What are the types of hypotheses 3
6  cards
sampling
What is the target population 1,
What is random sampling 2,
What are the strengths of random ...
16  cards
ethics
Explain informed consent 1,
How to deal with informed consent 2,
Explain deception 3
11  cards
experimental methods
What are the types of experiments 1,
What are lab experiments 2,
What are strengths of a lab exper...
15  cards
experimental design
What are independent groups 1,
What are the strengths of indepen...,
What are the limitations of indep...
11  cards
observational techniques
What is an observational study 1,
What are the types of observations 2,
What is a controlled observation 3
22  cards
observational design
What is unstructured observation 1,
What is a structured observation 2,
What should good behavioural cate...
13  cards
self-report techniques
What is a self report 1,
What is a questionnaire 2,
What are the strengths of questio...
12  cards
self-report design
What is an open question 1,
What words should you use when wr...,
What is a closed question 3
5  cards
correlations
What is a correlation 1,
What is positive correlation 2,
What is negative correlation 3
9  cards
case studies
What is a case study 1,
What are the strengths of a case ...,
What are the limitations of a cas...
3  cards
content analysis
What is content analysis 1,
What are the aims of content anal...,
How do you conduct a content anal...
6  cards
pilot studies
What are pilot studies 1,
Explain pilot studies for an expe...,
Explain pilot studies for an obse...
4  cards
types of data
What is quantitative data 1,
What are the strengths of quantit...,
What are the limitations of quant...
15  cards
descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency
What is the mean 1,
What are the strengths of the mean 2,
What are the limitations of the m...
9  cards
descriptive statistics: measures of dispersion
What is the range 1,
What are the strengths of the ran...,
What are the limitations of the r...
6  cards
presentation of quantitative data: tables and graphs
What are the steps of drawing gra...,
What are bar charts 2,
What are histograms 3
4  cards
reporting psychological investigations
What does the abstract include 1,
What does the introduction include 2,
What does the method include 3
8  cards
peer review
What is a peer review 1,
What are the aims of the peer rev...,
What are limitations of the peer ...
3  cards
reliability
What is reliability 1,
What is test retest reliability 2,
What is inter observer reliability 3
7  cards
validity
What is validity 1,
What are the different types of v...,
What is internal validity 3
14  cards

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