methods Flashcards
what is a case study?
intensive examination of one person/organization or a few atypical people
what is an observation study?
systematically assessing and coding observable behavior across specific time intervals
what’s an observational study with intervention?
experiments where the researcher can participate but cannot control the situation to elicit certain response
what is a self report?
questionnaires & surveys
what is a correlation method?
looking for a natural occurring relationship between two factors
what are the causalities with the correlation method?
directionality problem & third variable
what is a directionality problem?
not knowing which factor drives the other factor
what is a third variable problem?
a third factor that may drive the correlated relationship
what is the independent variable?
the variable that is manipulated
what is the depended variable?
the variable that is measured & that is affected by the manipulation of the independent variable
what is a control group used for?
used to determine whether causality exists between the independent and dependent variables
what is a control group?
the group that does not receive treatment
what is an experimental group?
group that receives treatment
sampling
process used to select people from the population to participate
sample
subset of people chosen to participate
convenience sample
people who are conveniently available
confound
when anything affects the dependent variable and that unintentionally varies between the study’s experimental conditions
random assignment
gives participants equal chance of being assigned to the control group or experimental
what is the placebo effect?
sugar pill that has no effect but patients psychologically think it’s helping
what is the double blind procedure?
in which neither the participant and researcher know which treatment was given to who until experiment is over
