Critical Thinking Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 5 ways to know if a piece of research is good?
A
- Big sample size
- Open science
- Pre registration
- Reliable measures
- Replicability
2
Q
What is one strength and one weakness of observational design?
A
Ecological validity
Hawthorne effect
3
Q
What is one strength and one weakness of experimental design
A
Can measure causal experiment (IV on the DV)
Confounding variables
4
Q
What is one strength and one weakness of surveys
A
Used to measure unobservable behaviour
People may give inaccurate responses
5
Q
Whatare the 6 ways analyse a piece of research?
A
What theory are they testing?
Is there existing work on this theory?
What does it show?
What did they do?
What did they find?
Are there claims justified?
