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Decks in this class (18)

Content Analysis
What is content analysis,
How to conduct a content analysis,
What is one strength of content a...
8  cards
Observations
What is an observation,
What is event sampling,
What is continuous sampling
23  cards
Animal Research
0  cards
Twin Studies
What are twin studies,
What are monozygotic twins,
What are dizygotic twins
10  cards
Adoption Studies
How would you conduct an adoption...,
Why are adoption studies good for...,
Why are adoption studies not good...
7  cards
Brain Scans
What do pet scans allow us to see,
What is injected into a person fo...,
What does a pet scan produce
24  cards
Research Designs
What is an independent measures d...,
What is a repeated measures design,
What is a matched pairs design
16  cards
Case Studies
What kind of cases are case studies,
What circumstances are case studies,
What are case studies useful for
14  cards
Correlations
What do you look for in a correla...,
What type of data do correlations...,
What variables do correlations use
14  cards
Interviews
How are interviews a method of se...,
How are interviews a non experime...,
Can interviews be used alongside ...
18  cards
Thematic Analysis
What data does thematic analysis ...,
Why does thematic analysis perfor...,
What are the 6 phases of thematic...
9  cards
Questionnaires
What type of method are questionn...,
Why do questionnaires not need an...,
What can questionnaires be used a...
21  cards
Quantitative and Qualitative Data
How is quantitative data expressed,
How is quantitative data analysed,
Where is quantitative data likely...
23  cards
Sampling
What is volunteer sampling,
How does the researcher get a vol...,
Why are volunteer samplings conve...
15  cards
IV, DV, Hypotheses
What is an independent variable,
What is a dependent variable,
What is a situational variable
6  cards
Maths
When to do a chi squared,
When to do a spearman s rank,
When to do a wilcoxon
11  cards
Primary & Secondary Data
What is primary data,
What is an example of primary data,
How can researchers analyse the r...
15  cards
Cross-Sectional Studies
What is a cross sectional study,
What do cross sectional studies l...,
How are cross sectional studies d...
9  cards

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