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Research Method Key Vocab AO1 Flashcards

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Aim

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States intent of study in general terms

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Hypothesis

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Prediction of investigation outcome that references independent and dependent variables

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Independent Variable

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Characteristics manipulated or changed by researcher

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Dependent Variable

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Variable measured in experiment

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Null Hypothesis

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No difference or no relationship between variables
Eg) predicting no effect

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Operational Variable

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Measurable variables

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Extraneous Variable

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All variables that are not the IV but may effect the DV

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Confounding Variable

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Not the IV but does vary systematically with it.
Cause change in DV

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(controlling EV)
Standardisation

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All aspects of environment standardised as much as possible

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(controlling EV)
Single Blind

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Participant has no knowledge of what to expect for outcome

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(controlling EV)
Double Blind

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Participant has no knowledge of study and experimenter doesn’t know the aim

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(controlling EV)
Random Allocation

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Randomly allocate participant to each condition of IV

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Situational Variables

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Factors in environment that can unintentionally effect DV
Eg) noise, temp, lighting etc

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Participant Variable

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Individual characteristics of each participant that may impact how they respond to experiment

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Demand Characteristics

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Participants finding out the aim of experiment and changing behaviour

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Investigator/Experimenter Variable

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Experimenter conveys to participant how they should behave
Eg) smile and nod at participant when they do what they’re expected

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Order Effects

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Any effect that comes from participants doing both conditions of experiment
Eg) boredom, improved performance due to practice

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Social Desirability

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When participant wants to come across well to researchers
Eg) not complete questionnaire truthfully about prejudice to seem more moral

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Placebo Effect

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Brain tricking people into thinking they feel a certain way due to drug working, as they expect to feel this way. Mind over matter

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Participant Observation

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researcher joins in becoming part of group they are studying

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Non Participant Observation

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Researcher remains detacthed from observation

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Structured Observation

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Clearly defined way of measuring behaviour

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Unstructured Observation

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No set categories to look for

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Observer Bias

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Only see what you want to see based on prior knowledge or subjective feelings

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Naturalistic Observation

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takes place in setting where behaviour naturally occurs. Nothing manipulated

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Ecological Validity

population Validity

Historical Validity

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Measures how generalisable experiment findings are to;
real world
other people
other times

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Controlled Observation

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Standardised procedure

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Covert Observation

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Participant unaware that they are being watched

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Overt Observation

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Aware of being watched

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Event Sampling

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Record observation when target event behaviour occurs

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Time Sampling

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recording all behaviours during specified time period

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Counterbalancing

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Balances out order effects.
Half do condition 1 other half do condition 2 first.

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Standardised Instructions

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Same instructions for all participants

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Ensuring Anonymity

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Participants know results anonymous

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Vicarious reinforcement

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indirect learning through others experience of reward and punishment

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36
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Modelling

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Someone influential on individual

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Limitation

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Observe and copy behaviour

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38
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identification

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Wanting to be like role model depending on extent of similarities

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Retention

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Memory of behaviour must be formed to be performed by observer

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Motivation

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Behaviour likely to be imitated by observer if perceived reward outweighs perceived cost

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Attention

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Pivotal in whether behaviour has influence on others imitation

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reproduction

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recreation of behaviour

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Descriptive statistics

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Anything that describes data

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Standard deviation

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Measures amount of variation from mean

45
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What does a small standard deviation suggest?

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Participants respond in similar way
Test was reliable

46
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Conditional probability

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Probability of an event if something else occurs

47
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Sampling bias

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When sample does not reflect characteristics of target population

48
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Opportunity sampling

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Uses people from target population willing to take part in

49
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Systematic sampling

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Choose subject in orderly way from target population

50
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Stratified sampling

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Identify people making up target population and work out proportions needed for representative samples

51
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Random sampling

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Everyone in target population has equal chance of selection

52
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Volunteer sampling

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People who offer to be in study

53
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When do ethical issues exist?

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When there is a conflict between participants rights and researcher gaining valuable findings

54
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Cost benefit analysis

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Comparing potential cost and benefit of behaviour possible to predict which behaviour will occur

55
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Inter-rater reliability

A

Level of agreement between different ‘raters’

56
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How do you obtain good IRR?

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Compare and agree on categories to use

57
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How do you check for IRR?

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Conduct content analysis separately and compare tallies to check for reliable ratings
Statistical tests check for correlation

58
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Peer review

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Where research is judged by experts in same field of study

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Why is peer review necessary?

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To avoid fraud and false information

60
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Fabrication

A

Making up data

61
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Falsification

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Changing data

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Plagiarism

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Presenting someone else’s work as your own without their consent

63
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Scientific fraud

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Act of deception and violating codes of scholarly conduct

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Publication bias

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When outcome of research influences weather to publish it

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The file-drawer effect

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Researchers not publishing studies that have no statistical significance

66
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Inferential tests

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Mathematical tests allowing to accept or reject hypothesis

67
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Significant

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Strong enough to accept hypothesis

68
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Interval data

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Standardised measurement Eg) kg,cm,secs

69
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Ordinal data

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Subjective, ranked in order Eg) scale 1-10

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Nominal data

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Category and frequency
Eg) tally, tickbox, bar graph

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Related design

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Matched pairs or repeated measures

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Unrelated design

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Independent groups

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Parametric test

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Normal distribution (internal only)

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Independent groups

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Participants experience one type of IV

75
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Matched pairs

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Participant’s experience one type of IV

76
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Repeated measures

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Participant experiences both conditions of IV

77
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Lab study

A

Manipulated IV
Artificial environment

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Field study

A

Manipulated IV
Natural environment

79
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Natural study

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Non-manipulated IV
Natural environment

80
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Quasi Study

A

Non-manipulated IV

81
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6 ethical issues are

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Confidentiality
Deception
Debrief
Consent
Withdrawal
Participant harm

82
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Content analysis

A

Indirect observational method used to analyse human behaviour through studying human artefacts

83
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How do you perform a content analysis?

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  1. Decide a research question
  2. Select sample
  3. Coding
  4. Work through data by tally number of times pre determined categories appear
  5. Data analysis to search for patterns
84
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What is an advantage of content analysis?

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External validity because artefacts taken from real world

85
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What is a disadvantage of content analysis?

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Researcher/observer bias

86
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Basic design

A

comparisons between values of IV

87
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Systematic review

A

Psychologists review studies that have already been done

88
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Meta-analysis

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Calculating overall finding on the basis of multiple previous studies

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Positive correlation

A

Scores rise and fall together

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Negative correlation

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Scores rise and fall in opposite directions

91
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Structured interview

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Set questions with limited answers

92
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Semi structured interview

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Set questions but allow follow up questions

93
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Unstructured interview

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No set questions and detailed answers

94
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Fixed choice

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Tick box that applies to

95
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Likert scale

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Indicates agreement with statement

96
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Rating scale

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Strength of feeling towards topic

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What is an experiment?

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Controlled situation where researcher manipulates IV to find effect on DV

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Type l error

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False positive

99
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Type ll error

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False negative

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Concurrent validity

A

Test produces the same result to benchmark test

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Face validity

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Being able to tell what test is supposed to measure

102
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Ecological validity

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How well test reflects real life situation

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Temporal validity

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How well test results stand over time

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External reliability

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Test-retest should produce the same results

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Internal reliability

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Split half method to find strong positive correlation between both halfs

106
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Inter-observer reliability

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Same research for all participants
Standardised procedure

107
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Reductionism

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Reduced explanation into a simple one

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