phy 10/22 Flashcards
how can a researcher the sample represents a target population
random sample
psychologist who used the case study method
froud sigmound
why would a psychologist be cautious about making generalization from a case study
cant be replicated
the longitudinal method is concerned with observing
how people change over time
draw back to the longitudinal method
people can drop out
cross section method charts change overtime by
comparing participants from different age groups
double blind study
participants and researchers a re unaware
when each member of a population as an equal chance of being chosen for a study
random sample
random sample
everyone has an equal chance
Stratified sample
sample matches target population
second step in the research process
form a hypothesis
a measure of how closely one thing is related to another
correlation
a research method that askes questions about a particular subject
survey
third step to the research method
test hypothesis/test data
how do scientist confirm a finding in a study
replicate and analyze results