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Data Types Flashcards

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What is quantitative data?

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Numerical data

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What levels of measurement are there for quantitative data?

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Nominal

Ordinal

Interval

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What are examples of quantitative data?

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Scores on a memory test

percentage shocking up to 450v in Milgram’s study

How many people in each category etc.

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How is quantitative data analysed?

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Analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics

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What are the strengths of quantitative data?

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Can make comparisons

More objective

Can established whether results are significant

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What are the weaknesses of quantitative data?

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Doesn’t provide detail behind responses

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What is qualitative data?

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Description

Words

Detail

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What are examples of qualitative data?

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Responses from open-ended questions

Unstructured observations

Content analysis

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How is qualitative data analysed?

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Thematic analysis

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What are the strengths of qualitative data?

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Provides reasons/insights into people’s responses

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What are the weaknesses of qualitative data?

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Subjective in data analysis

Time consuming

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What is grounded theory?

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Construction of theories from the analysis of data

Starts with the collection of qualitative data

Data is analysed using thematic analysis and the themes may lead to a new theory

Is inductive rather than deductive (i.e. a theory is developed from data whereas ordinarily, data is collected to support/refute an existing theory)

e.g. Milgram - created his theory after analysing his data

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What is primary data?

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Collected directly by the researcher

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How is primary data collected?

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Interviews

Observations

Experiments

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What are the strengths of primary data?

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Up to data

Higher validity

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What are the weaknesses of primary data?

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Time consuming

Subjectivity

17
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What is secondary data?

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Data which has already been analysed and published

18
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What examples are there of secondary data from clinical psychology?

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Carlsson - use of other peoples studies

Eaton - social causation hypothesis

Bond - ACT

19
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How is secondary data collected?

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Statistics/reports

Correlation

Meta-analysis

20
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What are the strengths of secondary data?

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Larger database

e.g. conducting interviews with a large number of Sz patients would be difficult, but using results from previous research makes this process easier

21
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What are the weaknesses of secondary data?

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Validity may be questioned

e.g. don’t know whether data collected from Sz patients was done in an objective manner

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