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General
What are the 4 types of experimen...,
What is a laboratory experiment,
What is a field experiment
123
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Control of Variables
What is control,
Where can the greatest control be...,
Confounding variables
12
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Experimental Design
What is an experimental design,
Three types of experimental design,
Independent groups design
18
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Problems with Experiments
Two problems that threaten the in...,
Demand characteristics,
Example of demand characteristics
11
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Sampling
What is sampling,
Sample taken should represent,
5 types of sampling
22
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Ethical Issues
What is an ethical issue,
Bps,
Informed consent
14
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Dealing with Ethical Issues
Strategies to deal with ethical i...,
Ethical guidelines,
Punishment
21
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Observational Techniques
What is an observation,
General evaluation for observations,
8 types of observation
18
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Observational Design
Observational design involves,
What do structured non structured...,
Unstructured observations
12
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Self Report Techniques
Self report techniques,
General evaluation for self repor...,
Questionnaires
11
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Self Report Design
Why is self report design important,
What is needed for a good question,
Clarity
13
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Correlations
Correlation,
What are co variables,
Positive correlation
13
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Other Research Methods
Three more types of research method,
Meta analysis,
What does a meta analysis involve
12
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Central Tendency + Dispersion
Why must a researcher analyse data,
Measures of central tendency,
Mean
15
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Quantitative Data + Data Distributions
What should a graph have,
Different ways to display quantit...,
Tables
11
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Types of Data
Quantitative and qualitative data,
Qualitative data,
Differences between quantitative ...
9
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Statistical Testing
Two types of statistics,
How to make an inference,
What is probability
13
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Scientific Process + Peer Review
What is peer review,
What is peer review,
Three main purposes of peer review
17
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Psychology and the Economy
How are psychology and the econom...,
Main features of economic psychology,
Irrational thinking
13
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Content Analysis
What is content analysis,
How to conduct a content analysis,
The sampling method
13
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Case Studies
What is a case study,
How are case studies conducted,
How are findings from case studie...
12
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Reliability
What is reliability,
Assessing realinility,
Improving realinility
10
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Validity
What is validity,
Internal validity,
Examples of internal validity inc...
12
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Features of Science
What is science,
The scientific method,
Order of the scientific method
16
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Probability
What is a null hypothesis h0,
What is an alternative hypothesis h1,
What is probability
11
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Statistical Tests
2 types of statistics,
What are statistical tests,
The need for statistical tests
27
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Non-Parametric Tests of Difference
What is a test of difference,
What is the issue with non parame...,
For each research design what is ...
9
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Parametric Tests of Difference
Reasons for choosing a related t ...,
How to conduct a related t test,
Reasons for choosing an unrelated...
5
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Tests of Correlation
What are tests of correlation,
How to work out the strength of a...,
What is the non parametric test f...
8
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Chi Squared Test
What is the chi squared test,
Reasons for choosing a chi square...,
How to complete a chi squared test
4
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Reporting Investigations
How are research studies reported,
Abstract,
Introduction
7
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The Experimental Method
Define experiment,
What must a true experiment be,
X4 variables
15
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Hypotheses
What are research aims,
What is a hypothesis,
Null hypothesis
9
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Experimental Research Methods
4 types of experimental research ...,
Laboratory experiments,
Field experiments
14
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