Experimental Flashcards
1
Q
What are the experimental designs?
A
Within Subjects.
Between Subjects
Mixed Subjects
2
Q
Within Subjects.
A
Competes the control AND experimental group.
+ Smaller sample sizes can be used as all participants complete all experiments.
- Time-consuming, as participants have to do multiple conditions.
3
Q
Between Subjects
A
Completes the control OR experimental group.
+ Quick and Easy.
- Needs a larger sample size.
4
Q
Mixed Subjects
A
Testing before and after the experiment. Doing control and experimental twice.
+
- Time-consuming.
5
Q
Validity
A
Being logical.
–> extraneous variables reduce validity.
–> small sample sizes decrease validity.
6
Q
Repeatability.
A
consistent results.
7
Q
Quantitative
A
Number measurement.
eg. 14
8
Q
Qualitiative.
A
Categorical.
9
Q
IV
A
whats changing.
10
Q
DV
A
whats being measured.
