Research Methods Flashcards
directional hypothesis
participants will
there will be a positive/negative correlation …
nondirectional hypothesis
there will be a difference
concurrent validity
the extent to which a psychological measure relates to an existing similar measure
face validity
a basic form of validity in which a measure is scrutinized to determine whether it appears to measure what it is supposed to measure - for instance, does a test of anxiety look like it measures anxiety
temporal validity
the extent to which findings from a research study can be generalized to other historical time and eras
ecological validity
the extent to which findings from a research study can be generalized to other situations and settings
correlation and nominal
chi-squared
correlation and ordinal
spearman’s rho
correlation and interval
pearson’s r
difference, unrelated, nominal
chi-squared
difference, unrelated, ordinal
Mann-Whitney
difference, unrelated, interval
unrelated t test
difference, related, nominal
sign test
difference, related, ordinal
wilcoxon
difference, related, interval
related t test
