Cross Cultural, Metal Analysis, Primary vs secondary data

Question 1

Cross cultural methods evaluation

Answer 1

+ Samples from different culture groups
+ Identify abnormal behaviours from biological factors (universal trend)
+ Reduce level of ethnocentrism
- lack validity if diagnosis does not take patients culture in to account

Question 2

Meta analysis what it is

Answer 2

Draws conclusions from multiple studies
Usually used when lots of psychological research draws conclusions
Studies from variety of places, culture and times all tested same area in psychology

Question 3

Meta analysis evaluation

Answer 3

+ Huge sample and vast array of different areas = quick and costs less
+ No ethical concerns
- Researcher does not have involvement = undisclosed reliability and validity issues if data they are unaware
- researcher bias impacting validity and often bias against data that had no effect
- increased risk of using data already been scrutinised by peer review

Question 4

Meta analysis definition

Answer 4

A meta-analysis is a study which takes a large amount of the same type of research, pools together the data and then analyses the data found using secondary data

Question 5

Primary vs secondary data comparison

Answer 5

Both can collect quantitative and qualitative data
One is directly from researcher and another is second handmo