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what do guidelines say about debriefing

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a debrief should always be given so PS know full aim of study

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what do ethical guidelines say about observation

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participants can only be observed covertly in a public place

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what comes under respect

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consent , withdrawal and confidentiality

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what comes under competence

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advice

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what comes under responsibility

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protection and debrief

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How do you overcome deception

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Give debrief at end

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How do you overcome consent issues

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Gain informed consent or debrief participants at the end

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How do you overcome issues with confidentiality

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Anonymise participants data eg by giving them a participant number

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How do you overcome issues with withdrawal

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Gain informed consent at the start of the study

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How do you overcome issues with protection

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Avoid harm
Debrief and advice at end of

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What is random sampling and what are the strengths and weaknesses

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When every member of target population has equal chance of being picked
E.g pulling names out of hat
Strength : unbiased
Weakness : time consuming
People selected may not want to take part

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What is opportunity sampling

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People readily available at time of study are picked
Quick and cheap
However it may be biased as all participants are selected from the same place

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of volunteer sampling

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Strengths : less withdrawal as participants signed themselves up for it
Weaknesses : bias as certain types of people are more likely to take part

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of snowball sampling

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Strengths : useful for hard to reach populations
Weaknesses : biased as participants are likely to recruit people like them

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What is a self report

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A method that involves asking participants about their thoughts feelings or opinions towards something

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What is a questionnaire

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Questions to gather information

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What is an interview

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Technique used to collect data on people’s thoughts , involves social interaction

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of questionnaires

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Able to reach large populations
Anonymous so may encourage honesty

Not everyone responds
Possible bias

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of interviews

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Questions can be altered based on responses

Responses may be altered due to feeling judged by the researcher
Time consuming

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What are the strengths of a structured interview

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Easy to compare answers and replicate
Lack depth and detail and participants may feel uncomfortable as it’s formal

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of semi structured interviews

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Participants can expand on answers giving more detail
Hard to replicate or compare answers

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of unstructured interviews

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Flexible and researcher can build relationship with participant

Data may not be relevant
Time consuming and hard to replicate

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What is a semantic differential rating scale

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Scale that measures a persons attitude towards something by putting it on a scale between two descriptive words

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What are the strengths of semantic differential rating scale

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Easy to analyse
Descriptive words give the scale more meaning

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What are the weaknesses of a semantic differential rating scale

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Open to response bias
Lack depth and detail

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What is a likert scale

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A type of rating scale that allows people to indicate how much they agree or disagree with a statement

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What are the strengths of using a likert scale

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Tells you strength of an opinion
Easy to analyse

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What are the weaknesses of using a likert scale

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Open to response bias
Data has to be proccessed before it can be analysed

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What is a structured observation and what are the strengths and weaknesses

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Researcher has predetermined behaviours that they tally as they occur
Strengths - easy to record and analyse
High inter rated reliability
Weaknesses - Lowe validity and increased observer bias

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What are unstructured observations and what are the strengths and weaknesses

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The researcher has no predetermined behaviours to look out for
Strengths - higher validity and reduced observer bias
Weaknesses - low inter rater reliability and harder to observe

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What is a participant observation and what are the strengths and weaknesses

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Observer is part of the group or pretending to be part of the group being observed
Strengths - more accuracy and detail
Weaknesses - increased observer bias

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What are non participant observations and what are the strengths and weaknesses

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Observer is not part of the group of people being observed
Strength - decreased observer bias
Weaknesses - decreased accuracy and detail

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of overt observations

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Increased ethics but increased observer effects

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What are the strengths and weaknesses of covert observations

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Decreased observer effects but they have decreased ethics

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What are strengths and weaknesses of time sampling

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Easier to record data but behaviours outside of time frames are likely to be missed

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What are strengths and weaknesses of event sampling

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Less likely to miss behaviour but data is harder to record

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What are coding frames and what is the strengths and weaknesses

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Behavioural categories are coded and can be rated for severity
May be more detailed than checklists
May be open to bias and not consistent

39
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What stats test would you use for ordinal data with independent measures design

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Mann Whitney u

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What stats test would you use for nominal level data and independent measures design

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Chi squared

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What stats test would you use for repeated measures design and nominal level data

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Binomial sign test

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What stats test would you use for ordinal level data and repeated measures or matched pairs design

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Wilcoxon signed ranks

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What stats test would you use for ordinal / interval level data and a correlation

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Spearman’s Rho

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