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Quantitate data definition

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numerical data

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Quantitative data advantages

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objective, fast to analyse, easy to replicate

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Stratified sampling

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participants are proportionally representative of the real life group (e.g. half men half women), the composition of the sample reflects the proportions of people within the target population

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Reliability

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Consistency, get the same results twice, ease of replication

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Internal validity

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extent to which the results come from the IV affecting the DV, testing what is wanted to test, results not due to other factors

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External validity

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extent to which results can be generalised outside of the setting of the study

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IV

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Independent variable, manipulated variable

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DV

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dependant variable, measured variable

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Random selection

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All members of the population have an equal chance of being selected

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Opportunity Sampling

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When researchers simply decide to select anyone who happens to be willing and available to do their study

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Systematic sampling

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When every nth member of the target population is selected

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Snowball sampling

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Researcher relies on one participant in hopes that they will find others to join the sample and they will find more and more etc

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Volunteer sampling

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Involves participants selecting themselves to be part of the sample i.e. self-selection

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Purposive sampling

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Involves selecting a sample based on characteristics of a population and the objective of the study