Research method Flashcards
1
Q
What is reliability?
A
Whether the prodedure produces the same results with same people
2
Q
Weakness of random sampling?
A
It is limited by the population chosen
A random sample of students of one school may not be representative of all schools
3
Q
What is random allocation?
A
Allocating participants in different independant variable randomly so they can be allocated by chance
4
Q
Strength of random allocation?
A
Reduces confounding variable: individual differences
Participants could have really loved asparagus or not
5
Q
Strength of using structured observation?
A
Objective list
So he can concentrate on the aggression he sees and just tally so he observes better
