Quantitative Research

Question 1

What do quantitative methods do?

Answer 1

Emphasise objective measurements and the statistical analysis of data

Question 2

independent variable

Answer 2

the variable that causes a change in the other variable (deliberately manipulated by researcher)

Question 3

dependent variable

Answer 3

the variable that is measured after the manipulation of the IV

Question 4

Control over extraneous variables

Answer 4

when the IV is manipulated, all other possible variables stay the same (i.e.procedure must stay the same in both groups)

Question 5

Operationalisation of IV and DV

Answer 5

the variable is expressed in terms of how it will be measured

Question 6

Standardised

Answer 6

procedure written in detail so it can replicated by other researchers

Question 7

True experiment

Answer 7

randomly allocates participants to conditions. Same chance of being assigned to experimental or control condition