Research Methods

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Decks in this class (23)

Experimental Designs
What is the definition of experim...,
What is an independent group desi...,
Advantages of independent groups ...
10  cards
Types Of Experiments
What does experimental methods me...,
What is laboratory experiment 2,
What is an advantage of a lab exp...
14  cards
Self Report Techniques
What is a self report 1,
How were the questions designed i...,
What is a close question 3
19  cards
Case Studies
What is a case study 1,
What is it positive of a case stu...,
What is a negative case study 3
3  cards
Investigation design
As to design a study what do you ...,
When carrying out a study you nee...
2  cards
Experimental Methods
What is a hypothesis 1,
Three types of a hypothesis 2,
What is the directional hypothesis 3
6  cards
Research issues
What is an extraneous variable 1,
Confounding variables definition 2,
What is a demand characteristic 3
10  cards
Sampling techniques
What is sampling 1,
What is random sampling 2,
What is systematic sampling and e...
6  cards
Observational Methods
What is a structured observation ...,
What is an unstructured observati...,
Evaluation of a structured observ...
21  cards
Reliability and validity
What is reliability 1,
Ways of testing reliability 2,
What is test retest method 3
17  cards
Is Psychology A Science
To be a science it needs to achie...,
Arguments for psychology being a ...,
Arguments against psychology bein...
13  cards
Reporting Psychology As Investigation
What is the order you write up a ...,
What is a title 2,
What is an abstract common 3 mark...
10  cards
Aims And Hypothesis
What is an aim 1,
What are 3 different types of hyp...,
What is a one tailed hypothesis 3
5  cards
Operationalising Variables
What must be operationalised in a...,
What does operationalising increa...
2  cards
Ethical Issues
What are ethical issues 1,
What guide lines do psychologist ...,
What happens if a psychologists d...
14  cards
Data Analysis And Presentation
What is qualitative data 1,
What is quantitative data 2,
What is primary data 3
14  cards
Analysis And Intepretation Of Quantitative Data
What are the 3 measure of central...,
What is a mean 2,
Evaluation of a mean 3
13  cards
Calculations
How do you work out percentage 1,
What is a decimal 2,
What is a fraction never asked 3
15  cards
Distributions
Normal distributions 1,
Skewed distribution 2,
A positive skew 3
4  cards
Levels Of Measurements
What is nominal data 1,
What is ordinal data 2,
What is interval data 3
3  cards
Interential Testing
What is a statistical test 1,
When carrying out a statistical t...,
When comparing the calculated obs...
19  cards
Presenting And Analysing Qualitative Data
What is content analysis 1,
Evaluation of content analysis 2,
What is coding 3
4  cards
Peer Review
Why is peer review used 1,
When peer reviewing what is the r...,
What is anonymity 3
8  cards

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