methods Flashcards
parts of the methods section
Participants
Instruments or apparatus
Procedures
Design and analysis
2 principles of planning
- less is more
- simple is better
questions to consider in selecting instruments
Validity and reliability
Difficulty of obtaining measures
Access to equipment or tests
Knowing how to use them
what should be presented when describing instruments
Description (including validity and reliability)
Drawings, photographs, sample items
How it is scored
describing procedures: what will happen
When, where, how much time
Pilot data: can you do this?
Scheme for data acquisition, recording, and scoring
describing procedures: planning treatments
How long, how intense, how often
Participant adherence
Pilot data: can participants do this?
Appropriate treatment for participants
details of the procedures
Specific order of things
Timing of events
Instructions given
Briefings, debriefings, safeguards
piloting you procedures
Can you do this?
Can participants do this?
Do measures work?
Do treatments work?
analyzing the data
- correct analysis
- correct interpretation
