PSY2001 W1 Introduction and Methods - Reading Flashcards
What are systematic reviews?
It involves research protocols (with databases, dates of each search transparency). Some additional aspects: clear and concise review and summary, comprehensive coverage of the topic, accessibility and equality of the research review.
What does systematic reviews involve?
clear and defined protocols, involving extensive planning, designed search strategy in tune with research question
What does systematic reviews include that is not included in a lit review?
Eligibility criteria for included research, a description of the systematic research search strategy, an assessment of the validity of reviewed research, interpretation of the results of research included.
Why are systematic reviews important?
They combine/synthesize various studies and findings. They appraise the validity of results in an impartial way. They define clear objectives and reproducible methodologies.
What is a Meta analysis?
it helps iron out any inconsistencies in data, addressing multiple studies addressing the same question.
Why are Meta-analysis important?
They help improve precision about evidence, they can settle divergences between conflicting studies and can answer questions with a broader influence than individual studies.
What is a confirmation bias?
The tendency to seek interpret and create informatio that verifies existing explanations for the cause of an event.
Define Confounding
Where two or more independent variable covary in such a vway that is impossible to know which has caused the effect.
What is archival research?
Non-experimental method involving the assembly of data or report of data collected by other s
