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Experiments
Name the types of experiment 1,
What is the independent variable 2,
What is the dependent variable 3
15
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Observational techniques
What are the different types of o...,
Describe a naturalistic observati...,
Describe a controlled observation 3
12
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Self-report techniques
What are the self report techniqu...,
What are questionnaires 2,
What are the different type of qu...
24
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Correlations
What is a correlation 1,
What do correlations measure 2,
What are the different types of c...
15
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Case studies and content analysis
What type of technique are case s...,
What are case studies used for 2,
Describe what a case study is 3
7
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Aims and hypotheses
Define the aim 1,
Define the hypothesis 2,
Give an example of an aim 3
7
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Variables
What are variables 1,
What is the dependent variable 2,
What is the independent variable 3
11
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Sampling techniques
Define population 1,
Define sample 2,
Define bias in sampling 3
20
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Experimental design and control
What is experimental design 1,
What are the three types of exper...,
Describe repeated measures design 3
14
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Observational design
What does observational research ...,
Describe behavioural categories 2,
What are the 2 types of sampling ...
11
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Ethics in research
What are the different ethical is...,
What are the different types of c...,
What is deception 3
11
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Pilot Studies
What is a pilot study 1,
What do pilot studies involve 2,
When do pilot studies happen 3
8
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Peer review
What is the role of peer review 1,
What are the main aims of peer re...,
1 allocate research funding 3
10
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Reliability across all methods of investigation.
What is reliability 1,
What are the ways of assessing re...,
Explain test retest 3
8
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Validity
What are the different types of v...,
What is internal validity 2,
What is external validity 3
13
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Features of science
What is objectivity 1,
What are empirical methods 2,
Name 2 empirical methods 3
11
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Sections of a scientific report
What are the different sections o...,
What is the purpose of the abstra...,
When is the abstract written 3
13
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Data and meta analysis
What are the different types of d...,
Describe quantitative data 2,
What are the advantages of quanti...
14
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Content and thematic analysis
What is content analysis 1,
What is the process of content an...,
Give some strengths of content an...
6
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Measures of central tendency and dispersion
What are the measures of central ...,
What is the mode 2,
What is the mean 3
7
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Graphs and tables
What is the purpose of them 1,
What are the different types 2,
Table 3
7
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Distributions
What are the different types of d...,
Negatively skewed to the left 2,
Normal distribution 3
4
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Levels of measurement
What are the levels of measurement 1,
What is nominal data 2,
Give an example of nominal data 3
10
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Probability and significance
Why do we need inferential tasks 1,
Describe the process 2
2
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Type 1 and Type 2 errors
What is a type 1 error 1,
What increases the likelihood of ...,
What is a type 2 error 3
4
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