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Self-Report Data
Questionnaires- CLOSED QUESTIONS (4)

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Rating Scale
Likert Rating Scale
Semantic Rating Scale
Ranked

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Self-Report Data
Questionnaires- ISSUES (4)

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Social desirability
Question construct
Questionnaire reliability: test- retest, split- half
Questionnaire validity: face, predictive, concurrent

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Self- Report Data
Interviews- TYPES (3)

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Structured
Unstructured
Semi-structured

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Self- Report Data
Interviews- STRENGTHS (3)

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Skilled interviewer
Flexibility of questioning
Explanation of questions

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Self- Report Data
Interviews- WEAKNESSES (2)

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Researcher effects
Self-report embarrassment

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Sampling Methods
Random- DESCRIPTION

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Every member of target population has equal chance of being selected for sample

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Sampling Methods
Random- STRENGTHS (1)

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Unlikely to be biased

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Sampling Methods
Random- WEAKNESSES (1)

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Time consuming

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Sampling Methods
Stratified- DESCRIPTION

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Proportional representation of the target population

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Sampling Methods
Stratified- STRENGTHS (1)

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Very representative

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Sampling Methods
Stratified- WEAKNESSES (2)

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Time consuming
Very difficult

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Sampling Methods
Opportunity- DESCRIPTION

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Select participants from whoever is available at the time

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Sampling Methods
Opportunity- STRENGTHS (3)

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Convenient
Really easy and quick
Likely to be ethical

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Sampling Methods
Opportunity- WEAKNESSES (1)

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Less representative

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Sampling Methods
Volunteer- DESCRIPTION

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Participants put themselves forward to be in the sample

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Sampling Methods
Volunteer- STRENGTHS (2)

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Easy to do
Access to variety of people

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Sampling Methods
Volunteer- WEAKNESSES (1)

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Similar people

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Measures of Central Tendency
Mode- STRENGTHS (1)

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Not affected by extreme scores

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Measures of Central Tendency
Mode- WEAKNESSES (1)

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Not useful for small data sets w. frequently occurring same values

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Measures of Central Tendency
Median- STRENGTHS (2)

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Not affected by extreme scores
Not affected by skewed distribution

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Measures of Central Tendency
Median- WEAKNESSES (2)

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Less sensitive
Not useful on data sets w. lower number of values

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Measures of Central Tendency
Mean- STRENGTHS (1)

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Most sensitive so most powerful as all scores in data set used

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Measures of Central Tendency
Mean- WEAKNESSES (2)

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Can be affected by extreme scores
Can be affected by skewed distribution

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Measures of Dispersion
Range- STRENGTHS (1)

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Simplest calculation of MoD

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Measures of Dispersion
Range- WEAKNESSES (2)

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Affected by extreme scores
Doesn’t tell us if numbers are spread equally or bunched together

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Measures of Dispersion
Interquartile Range- STRENGTHS (1)

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Cuts out any extreme scores

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Measures of Dispersion
Standard Deviation- STRENGTHS (2)

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Always fixed and well defined
Uses all data

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Measures of Dispersion
Standard Deviation- WEAKNESSES (2)

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Doesn’t give full range of data
Can be hard to calculate/ time consuming

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Thematic Analysis
STEPS (4)

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1) Artifact e.g. newspaper, article, script, film
2) Identify Themes e.g. mental health
3) Create Codes e.g. anxiety- stress , PTSD- freezing
4) Tally e.g. each time a code appears to turn qualitative data to quantitative data

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Thematic Analysis
STRENGTHS (3)

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Gain insider view of field
Suggests possible rel., causes, effects, dynamic processes
Allows for ambiguity/ contradictions in data

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Thematic Analysis
WEAKNESSES (3)

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Don’t normally draw data from large scale data sets
Problem of adequate validity and reliability
Time required for all steps is lengthy

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Ethics
Ethical Code (4)

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Respect
Competence
Integrity
Responsibility

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Ethics
Ethical Code
Why Do People Always Carry Condoms, Coz Of Disease

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Withdraw
Deception
Protection from harm
Advice
Consent
Colleges
Confidentiality
Observational research
Debrief

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