Experimental design Flashcards

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What are the 3 experimental designs?

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Independent groups
Repeated measures
Matched pairs

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What are Independent groups?

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Different participants are used for the 2 conditions of the IV

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What are repeated measures?

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The same participants are used for both conditions of the IV

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What are matched pairs?

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Different participants used for the 2 conditions but grouped by similar characteristics

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What are 2 strengths of Independent groups?

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  1. No order effects
  2. Reduced demand characteristics
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What are 2 limitations of Independent groups?

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  1. Participant variables
  2. More ppt needed
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What are 2 strengths of repeated measures?

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  1. Less ppt needed
  2. No participant variables
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What are 2 limitations of repeated measures?

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  1. Order effects
  2. Demand characteristics likely
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What are 3 strengths of matched pairs?

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  1. No order effects
  2. No participant variables
  3. Demand characteristics not likely
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What is 1 limitation of matched pairs?

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  1. Pre tests may be needed which are expensive and time-consuming
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What is an extraneous variable?

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Variables apart from the IV that may affect DV if not controlled

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What is a confounding variable?

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Variables apart from the IV that have affected the DV

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What are the 2 types of extraneous variables?

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  1. Participant variables
  2. Situational variables
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What are demand characteristics?

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When participants guess the aim of the study

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What are order effects?

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When participants do better/worse the second time

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What are investigator effects?

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Anything the researcher does to influence the outcome
eg- body lang

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What is randomization?

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Use of chance to reduce effects of bias

18
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What is standardization?

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Where all participants are treated the same way

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What does random allocation reduce?

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Participant variables
(independent groups)

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What is the procedure of random allocation?

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Give each participant a number and use the random generator to group, 1st half does one condition, 2nd half does other condition

21
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What does counterbalancing reduce?

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Probability of order effects

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What is the procedure of counterbalancing?

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  1. Divide the participant sample in half
  2. 1st half does conditions in one order and 2nd half does in reverse order