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Ethics
Definition participants should kn...,
Definition participants have the ...,
Definition participants can withd...
6  cards
Sampling
Definition particular group or ty...,
Definition a group of people who ...,
Definition the group of people ta...
10  cards
Variables and Controls
Definition generally the thing wh...,
Definition this is the variable w...,
Definition this is the variable w...
15  cards
Aims and Hypothesis
Definition a general statement of...,
Definition a clear precise testab...,
Definition a statement of predict...
9  cards
Experimental Methods
Definition all attempt to measure...,
Definition this is the type of ex...,
Definition this is how psychologi...
11  cards
Self-report
Definition pre set list of writte...,
Definition questions which allow ...,
Definition questions which allow ...
15  cards
Observations & Observational Design
Definition watching and recording...,
Definition watching and recording...,
Definition participants behaviour...
11  cards
Correlations
Definition to investigate an asso...,
Definition as well as being posit...,
Definition occurs when two variab...
5  cards
Validity & Reliability
Definition whether you are measur...,
Definition refers to the consiste...,
Definition the internal consisten...
13  cards
Pilot studies
Definition a small scale version ...,
What are the aims of a pilot study,
Definition participants will not ...
4  cards
Peer-review & Implications for the Economy
Definition the assessment of scie...,
What are the three main aims to p...,
Definition the idea that studies ...
4  cards
Quantitative / Qualitative & Primary / Secondary Data
Definition objective numerical da...,
Definition in depth descriptive d...,
Definition data collected by a re...
5  cards
Descriptive Statistics & Mathematical content
Definition the middle score if al...,
Definition often known as an aver...,
Definition the result that appear...
14  cards
Presentations of Quantitative Data
Definition when the tables appear...,
Definition used when the data is ...,
Definition shows associations bet...
5  cards
Distributions
Definitions most people or items ...,
Definition most of the distributi...,
The mode is at the highest point ...
6  cards
Type 1 & 2 errors
Definition the likelihood that a ...,
Definition statistical term that ...,
The standard level of significanc...
16  cards
Statistical testing
Definition a way of determining w...,
Definition p refers to the likeli...,
Which statistical test 1 differen...
20  cards

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