Research Methods

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Decks in this class (34)

General
What are the 4 types of experimen...,
What is a laboratory experiment 2,
What is a field experiment 3
123  cards
Control of Variables
What is control 1 1,
Where can the greatest control be...,
Confounding variables 3
12  cards
Experimental Design
What is an experimental design 1,
Three types of experimental design 2,
Independent groups design 3
18  cards
Problems with Experiments
Two problems that threaten the in...,
Demand characteristics 2,
Example of demand characteristics 3
11  cards
Sampling
What is sampling 1 1,
Sample taken should represent 2,
5 types of sampling 5 3
22  cards
Ethical Issues
What is an ethical issue 1,
Bps ethical guidelines 2,
Informed consent 4 3
14  cards
Dealing with Ethical Issues
Strategies to deal with ethical i...,
Ethical guidelines 6 2,
Punishment 2 5
21  cards
Observational Techniques
What is an observation 1,
General evaluation for observatio...,
6 types of observational techniqu...
18  cards
Observational Design
Observational design involves 1,
What do structured unstructured o...,
Structured observations 3
12  cards
Self Report Techniques
Self report techniques 1,
General evaluation for self repor...,
Questionnaires 3
11  cards
Self Report Design
Why is self report design importa...,
What is needed for a good question 2,
Clarity 3
13  cards
Correlations
Correlation 1,
What are co variables 2,
Positive correlation 4
13  cards
Other Research Methods
Three more types of research meth...,
What is a meta analysis 2,
What does a meta analysis involve 3
12  cards
Central Tendency + Dispersion
Why must a researcher analyse data 1,
Measures of central tendency 2,
Mean 3
15  cards
Quantitative Data + Data Distributions
What should a graph have 1,
Different ways to display quantit...,
Tables 3
11  cards
Types of Data
Quantitative data 3 1,
Qualitative data 4 2,
Differences between quantitative ...
9  cards
Statistical Testing
Two types of statistics 1,
How to make an inference 2,
What is probability 3
13  cards
Scientific Process + Peer Review
How is peer review linked to the ...,
What is peer review 2,
Three main purposes of peer review 3
17  cards
Psychology and the Economy
How are psychology and the econom...,
Main features of economic psychol...,
Irrational thinking 3
13  cards
Content Analysis
What is content analysis 1,
How to conduct a content analysis 2,
The sampling method 3
13  cards
Case Studies
What is a case study 1,
How are case studies conducted 2,
How are findings from case studie...
12  cards
Reliability
What is reliability 1,
Observational techniques 2,
Observational techniques 3
10  cards
Validity
What is validity 1,
Internal validity 2,
Examples of things that can impac...
12  cards
Features of Science
What is science 1,
The scientific method 2,
The inductive scientific method 3
16  cards
Probability
What is a null hypothesis h0 1,
What is an alternative hypothesis...,
What is probability 3
11  cards
Statistical Tests
2 types of statistics 1,
What are statistical tests 2,
Why are statistical tests needed 3
27  cards
Non-Parametric Tests of Difference
What is a test of difference 1,
What is the issue with non parame...,
For each research design what is ...
9  cards
Parametric Tests of Difference
Reasons for choosing a related t ...,
How to conduct a related t test 2,
Reasons for choosing an unrelated...
5  cards
Tests of Correlation
What are tests of correlation 1,
How to work out the strength of a...,
What is the non parametric test f...
8  cards
Chi Squared Test
What is the chi squared test 1,
Reasons for choosing a chi square...,
How to complete a chi squared test 3
4  cards
Reporting Investigations
How are research studies reported 1,
Abstract 2,
Introduction 3
7  cards
The Experimental Method
What is an experiment 1,
What must a true experiment be 2,
X4 variables 3
15  cards
Hypotheses
What are research aims 1,
What is a hypothesis 2,
Null hypothesis 2 3
9  cards
Experimental Research Methods
4 types of experimental research ...,
Laboratory experiments 2,
Field experiments 3
14  cards

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