Research methods

Question 1

epidemiology study

Answer 1

Prevalence ‘ proportion of people with the disorder currently or during life
Incidence’ proportion of people who develop new cases in a year
Correlates’ variables that are correlated with the presence of the disorder

Question 2

family method

Answer 2

used to study genetic predisposition among family members. Index case/proband are starting point.

Question 3

Single case experiment

Answer 3

High internal validity
Reversal dising/ ABAB design in whitch baseline and intrudiction of treatment is measured Later with reintroduction of treatment and baseline

Question 4

Testing teatment

Answer 4

RCT is typically conducted to determine efficacy.
How they work in bigger samples *external validity) has to include effectiveness.
Dissemination is faciliitating adoption of efficacious treatments in the communioty by developing guidelines about best available treatments + training

Question 5

Analogue experiment

Answer 5

Create or observe a related but less severe phenomenon. Internal validity good but external might be problematic.
Selecting similar participants/animals or less severe cases

Question 6

Biases

Answer 6

Publication bias; only publice good results
P-hacking’; looking for a way to analyse that shows significant result
WHould register hypothesis before, make data public, stay critical, demand large sample size and follow apa standards

Question 7

Step in meta analysis that receives extensive criticism

Answer 7

Determining which studies should be included.