Research Methods Flashcards
When would you use a bar chart?
When you have independent data.
When would you use a histogram?
When you have related data.
What is correlational analysis?
Research method looking for a relationship between 2 variables.
When would you use scatter graphs?
To display data (Not compare).
Distributions?
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What does operationalisation mean?
That you can clearly define your variables.
What is temporal validity?
Does something stand the test of time, is it valid over time.
What are the 3 experimental designs?
- Independent groups
- Repeated measures
- Matched pairs.
What are independent groups?
Participants only take part in one condition.
What are repeated measures?
Participants take part in both conditions.
What are demand characteristics?
Characteristics people may show in a lab experiment. When participants try and guess the aims of the experiment and they then change how they act.
What is qualitative data?
Non-numerical data.
What is quantitive data?
Numerical data, it is easy to analyse.
What is social desirability?
Participants giving responses that put them in positive light.
What are the 7 features of science?
- Falsifiability
- Hypothesis testing
- Paradigm shift
- Objectivity
- Theory construction
- Empirical methods
- Replicability
