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Decks in this class (26)

17. Statistical Testing (AS)
What is the concept of significance,
What is the concept of probability,
What is the accepted level of pro...
9  cards
2. Control of Variables (AS)
What are extraneous variable is,
What are nuisance variables,
What are confounding variable is
7  cards
3. Experimental Design (AS)
What is experimental design,
What is an independent group design,
What is a repeated measures design
10  cards
4. Types of Experiment (AS)
What is a lab experiment,
What are the strengths of alarm e...,
What are the weaknesses of a lab ...
11  cards
5. Sampling (AS)
What does the term population mean,
What does the term target populat...,
What is the sample
19  cards
6. Ethical Issues (AS)
What are ethical issues,
What are the four major ethical i...,
What is informed consent
14  cards
7. Pilot Studies (AS)
What are pilot studies,
What is the purpose of the pilot ...,
What is a single blind procedure
5  cards
8. Observational Techniques (AS)
What is the purpose of observations,
What are naturalistic observation is,
What are the strengths and weakne...
13  cards
9. Observational Design (AS)
What are structured observations,
What are the evaluation points fo...,
What are unstructured observations
14  cards
10. Self-Report Techniques (AS)
What is a self report techniques,
What are questionnaires,
What the psychologists use questi...
15  cards
11. Self-Report Design (AS)
What are the two types of questio...,
What sort of data do closed quest...,
What sort of data do open questio...
10  cards
12. Correlations (AS)
What is a correlation,
What are the three types of corre...,
What s the difference between an ...
5  cards
13. Data Analysis: Kinds of Data (AS)
What is quantitative data,
What is qualitative data,
What are the strengths of quantit...
16  cards
14. Data Analysis: Descriptive Stats (AS)
What are the 3 parts of the measu...,
What are averages,
How is the mean calculated
18  cards
15. Data Analysis: Graphs (AS)
What are the five different ways ...,
What is a bar chart,
What is a histogram
14  cards
16. Mathematical Content (AS)
What mathematical skills do you n...,
What are the mathematical symbols...
2  cards
1. Experimental Method (AS)
What is an experimental method,
What is a name,
What is a hypothesis
12  cards
18. Peer Review, Psychology & Economy (AS)
What is the purpose of aims of pe...,
What are the strengths of peer re...,
What are the limitations or criti...
4  cards
19. Correlations (A2)
What is a correlation,
What is a correlation coefficient,
How are correlations presented
6  cards
20. Case Studies & Content Analysis (A2)
What is a case study,
What type of situation are case s...,
What type of data does a case stu...
15  cards
21. Reliability (A2)
What is reliability,
When may a measuring device produ...,
What are the ways of assessing re...
13  cards
22. Validity (22)
What is validity,
What are the two subcategories of...,
What is internal validity
16  cards
23. Choosing a statistical test (A2)
What is a statistical test,
What are the eight statistical te...,
Which three factors determine whi...
21  cards
24. Probability & Significance (A2)
What is probability,
What is a null hypothesis,
What is an alternative hypothesis
12  cards
25. Sections of a report (A2)
What are the 6 sections of a report,
What is an abstract,
What is an introduction
10  cards
26. Features of a science (A2)
What did thomas kuhn say separate...,
What is a paradigm,
What did kuhn consider psychology...
18  cards

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