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1
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Goals of behavioral science

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Describe
Predict
Explain
Control

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Step 1

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Identify a problem

- find new ideas
- area of interest 
- research hypothesis
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Step 2

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Develop research plan

  • define variables being tested
  • identify participants and how to sample
  • select research strategy and design
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Step 3

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Conduct study

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Step 4

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Analyze and evaluate data

  • statistics
  • is hypothesis supported/ non supported
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Step5

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Communicate results

  • published paper
  • oral presentation
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Step 6

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Generate new ideas

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Basic research

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Exploring and expanding knowledge

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Applied research

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Finding potential solutions for an issue

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The 3 C’s for conducting a literature review

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  • comprehensive
  • critical
  • clever
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Comprehensive

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  • multiple databases

- know format for journal articles

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Critical

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  • ask questions and remain objective

- know sources

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Clever

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-unique ways to advance research

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Format for journal article

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  • abstract
  • introduction
  • method
  • results
  • discussion
  • references
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Belmont report 3 principles

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  • respect for persons
  • beneficence
  • justice
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Respect for persons

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-autonomous agents : participants capable of making informed decisions

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Beneficence

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  • protect from harm and ensure well-being of participants

- maximize benefits and minimize potential

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Justice

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  • fairly administered, non-exploitative research

- participants involved are representative of those who would benefit

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Construct (conceptual) variable

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Known to exist, but cannot directly be measured

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Operational definition

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Ways in which a construct can be measured

  • forms of measurement
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Quantitative variable

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Varies by amount

-measured as a numeric number

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Qualitative variable

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Varies by class

-category or label

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Continuous variable

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Can take on a full range of values

-infinite number of potential values

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Discrete variable

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Can only be whole numbers

-no values can exist between

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Reliability

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How consistent, stable, or repeatable an observation/ measurement is

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Test-retest reliability

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Same individual; two different times (same test is given)

-same person retaking same test

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Interrater reliability

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2 or more raters agree on same observation

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Internal consistency

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Cronbach’s alpha

-how closely related a set of items are as a group

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Validity

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The extent to which a measurement for variable/ construct measures what is supposed to measure

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Face validity

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Content appears to accurately reflect construct

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Construct validity

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Is operational definition actually measuring the construct

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Content validity

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Adequately includes all parts of defined construct

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Criterion-related validity

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Looks at relationships between measure and expected outcomes

  • predictive
  • concurrent (distinguish)
  • convergent (correlate)
  • discriminant
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Participant

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Human volunteer

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Subject

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Non human subjected to research

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Target population

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All members of group of interest

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Accessible population

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Portion of target population that can be sampled from

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Convenience sampling

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Subjects or participants are selected based on how easy it is to access them

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Quota sampling

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Sampling subgroups of participants to resemble target population

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Probability sampling

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Sample is selected from target population

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Non probability sampling

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Sample is selected from accessible population

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Simple random sampling

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All subjects/ participants have equal chance of being selected

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Simple stratified random sampling

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Equal number from each subgroup is selected

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Proportionate stratified random sampling

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Participants of individuals selected from each subgroup to represent population

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Systematic sampling

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First person randomly selected then every nth person thereafter until all have been selected

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Cluster sampling

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Clusters randomly selected; all individuals in each cluster used

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Multistage sampling

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Random sample of clusters followed by random sample of individuals within clusters

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