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Research method Flashcards

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What is reliability?

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Whether the prodedure produces the same results with same people

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Weakness of random sampling?

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It is limited by the population chosen

A random sample of students of one school may not be representative of all schools

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What is random allocation?

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Allocating participants in different independant variable randomly so they can be allocated by chance

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Strength of random allocation?

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Reduces confounding variable: individual differences

Participants could have really loved asparagus or not

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Strength of using structured observation?

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Objective list

So he can concentrate on the aggression he sees and just tally so he observes better

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AS-level Psychology (2 decks)

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