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By: Georgina McCrone
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Experimental Methods
Aim,
Hypothesis,
The 3 types of hypothesis
11  cards
Validity and Reliability
Types of validity,
Reliability,
Methods to check reliability
3  cards
Extraneous and Confounding Variables
Extraneous variables,
Confounding variables,
Types of evs
8  cards
Ethical Issues
Ethical guidelines,
Informed consent,
Deal with informed consent
11  cards
Experimental Design
Independent groups,
Ig strengths,
Ig weaknesses
10  cards
Experimental Methods
Lab experiments,
Le strengths,
Le weaknesses
12  cards
Sampling
Random,
R strengths,
R weaknesses
16  cards
Observational Techniques
Naturalistic,
N strengths,
N weaknesses
18  cards
Observational Design
Unstructured observations,
U strengths,
U weaknesses
15  cards
Self-Report Techniques
Self report techniques,
Questionnaires,
Open questions
16  cards
Self-Report Design
Designing closed questionnaires,
Likert scales,
Rating scales
12  cards
Types of Data
Qualitative,
Ql strengths,
Ql weaknesses
12  cards
Correlations
Correlation,
Types of correlation,
Positive correlation
8  cards
Measures of Central Tendency
Mean,
Median,
Mode
3  cards
Measures of Dispersion
Range,
Standard deviation
2  cards
Staistical Test
Statistical testing,
Sign test conditions,
Accepted level of probability
4  cards
Presentation of Quantitative Data
Summary table,
Bar charts,
Scattergrams
5  cards
Distributions
Normal distributions,
Positive skew,
Negative skew
3  cards
Peer Review
Peer review,
Main aims,
Allocate research findings
7  cards
Economy
Attachment,
Psychopathology,
Memory
4  cards
Case Studies
0  cards
Content Analysis
0  cards
Validity
0  cards
Reliability
0  cards
Inferential Statistics
0  cards
Reporting Psychological Investigations
0  cards
Features of Science
0  cards
Designing a Study
0  cards

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