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316 Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Quasi experimental

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Intervention but missing randomization OR control

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2
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Nonexperimental

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No intervention

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3
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Name 2 comparison types

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Within-subjects design

Between-subjects design

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4
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Masking/blinding is used to…

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Avoid bias

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5
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Timeframe

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When and how often data will be collected.

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6
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Cause-and-effect relates to…

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Quantitative research

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7
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Which design offers the strongest evidence of cause-and-effect?

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Experimental design

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8
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The researcher assigns subject to group at random

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Randomization/random assignment

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9
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Crossover

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Subjects serve as their own control

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10
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More than one independent variable is experimentally manipulated

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Factorial

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11
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Possible control group conditions

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No intervention

Alternative intervention

Placebo

“Usual care”

Different dose

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12
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Two main categories of quasi-expirimental designs

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Nonequivilant Control Group design

Within-subjects design

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Those getting the intervention are compared with a nonrandomized comparison group

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Nonequivalent Control Group Design

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14
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One group study before and after the intervention

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Within-subjects design

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15
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Experimental

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Intervention

Randomization

Control

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16
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Used to when independent variables cannot be manipulated (gender)

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Nonexperimental research

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17
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Correlational design is helpful when…

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Manipulation is not possible

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18
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Cohort studies use…

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Prospective correlational design

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19
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Case-control design uses…

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Retrospective correlational design

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The purpose is to describe whether variables are related WITHOUT ascribing a cause-effect connection

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Descriptive correlational

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Data collected at single point in time

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Cross-sectional design

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Data collected over a long period of time

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Longitudinal design

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The extent to which it can be inferred that the independent variable caused the dependent variable

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Internal validity

24
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The generalizability

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External validity

25
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The ability to detect true relationships statistically

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Statistical conclusion validity

26
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Focuses on the live experiences of humans

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Phenomenological research

27
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Seeks to understand key social psychological processes

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Grounded theory research

28
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Focuses on the patterns and lifeways of a cultural group

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Ethnographic research

29
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Out of the phenomenological, which is written

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Colaizzi

30
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Descriptive phenomenology only…

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Describes human experience

31
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Interpretive phenomenology not only describes but also…

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Interprets experience

32
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Three steps of analyzing qualitative data

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Identify keywords and phrases

Identify initial codes

Continue until final themes identified

33
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Focuses on the discovery of a basic social psychological problem

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Grounded theory

34
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Describes and interprets a culture and cultural behavior

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Ethnography

35
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Participant observation is a particularly important source for…

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Ethnography

36
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Seeks an emic perspective (insiders view) of the culture

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Ethnography

37
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Qualitative studies do not use…

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Random selection

38
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Snowball sampling

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Participants recruit other participants

39
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The use of multiple sources to designate truth

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Triangulation

40
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Obtained score =

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True Score + error

41
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Sources of error

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Situational Contaminants

Transitory Personal Factors

Response-set bias

Administration variations

Item sampling

42
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Reliability can exist without

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Validity

43
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Psychometric assessment

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Evaluates quality of measurement tool

44
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Term for stability across time

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Reliability

45
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If the tool measures what it is supposed to measure, it has…

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Validity

46
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Three aspects of reliability

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Stability

Internal consistency

Equivalence

47
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Items measure same trait

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Internal consistency

48
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The degree to which two or more independent observers agree about scoring by an instrument

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Equivalence

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