Methodological Issues Flashcards
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What is Validity?
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- The extent to which the experiment measures what it is actually supposed to measure.
2
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What is Internal Validity?
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- When the researcher tests what they intend to test.
3
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What is Predictive Validity?
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- How well a test predicts future behaviour.
4
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What is External Validity?
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- The ability of a test to be generalised to populations and situations beyond the situation or population being measured.
5
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What is Population Validity?
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- Refers to the extent to which the results can be generalised to groups of people other than the sample of PPs used.
6
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What is Ecological Validity?
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- Where findings can be generalised to other settings other than the one it is being tested in.
7
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What is triangulation?
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- Comparing results from highly controlled studies with studies that have had a low level of control.
- If the studies have similar findings –> More likely to be valid.
8
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What is reliability?
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- Means that 2 or more measurements/observations of the same event will be consistent with each other.
9
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What is Test-Retest Reliability?
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- A measure of whether something varies from 1 time to another.
10
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What is Inter-rater Reliability?
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- When more than 1 interviewer is used to collect data for the research study.
11
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What is generalisability?
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- Whether results or findings of research can be transferred to other situations or people.
12
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What is Objectivity?
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- The need to be impartial and judgement free.
- The opinions of the researcher SHOULD NOT impact how the DV is recorded.
13
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What is subjectivity?
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- Where the findings collected are based off of the researcher’s own opinions or interpretation of the situation.
14
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What is credibility?
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- How believable the findings are.
- Based on the trustworthiness and expertise of the info source or message, as interpreted by the info receiver.
