Research Methods- Analysing&interpreting Data✅

Question 1

Types of data

Answer 1

Quantitative
Qualitative
Primary
Secondary

Question 2

Qualitative data definition, advantages and disadvantages

Answer 2

Focuses on words
+) more detailed information
-) more difficult for analyse

Question 3

Quantitative data definition, advantages and disadvantages

Answer 3

Focuses on words
+) easier to analyse
-) not as rich, and meaningful

Question 4

Primary data

Answer 4

Data that is collected by the

Researcher themselves

Question 5

Secondary data

Answer 5

Using someone else’s findings

Question 6

Histograms

Answer 6

Bars joined together 
Bars have to be equal width 
Used for continuous data
No intervals are missed
All categories can be represented

Question 7

Bar charts

Answer 7

Bars aren’t joined together
Used when comparing groups of data (not continuous)
Can be used to represent single statistics
Multiple data sets can be shown and compared

Question 8

Scattergrams

Answer 8

To show correlation/relationship
Line of best fit indicates relationship
Used to show type and strength of correlation

Question 9

Measures of central tendency

Answer 9

Mean median and mode

Question 10

One way of calculating the measure of dispersion within a data set

Answer 10

Calculating the range

Question 11

Range

Answer 11

Subtracting the lowest score from the highest

Question 12

Standard deviation

Answer 12

The measure of the spread of scores around the mean

Question 13

What three thing must you do in the sign test

Answer 13

Be looking for a difference
Have used repeated measures experimental design
Have data that is organised into categories

Question 14

The accepted level of probability is

Answer 14

0.05 meaning that the researcher will accept the hypothesis

Question 15

Your calculated critical value needs to be

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Equal to or less than the table value to be deemed as significant

Question 16

If the result is significant it means

Answer 16

It matches your hypothesis and is effective

Question 17

Step one of the sign test

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Covert your data to nominal data- do this by allocating your data one of the following signs +,-,=

Question 18

Step 2 of the sign test

Answer 18

Total up the +’s
Total up the -‘s
Disregard the =’s and adjust the number of participants according to the number of equals

Question 19

Step 3 of the sign test

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Identify the number of the less frequent sign, this is the S value

Question 20

Step 4 of the sign test

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Compare your S value against the critical value table. To do this you need to know if the hypothesis is one tailed or two tailed and the number of participants (N). You must also remember the accepted level of probability 0.05

Question 21

Peer review

Answer 21

When psychological work is assessed by specialists in the same field to ensure any research intended for publication is or high quality

Question 22

What does peer review involve

Answer 22

The written part of an investigation is scrutinised by a small group (normally 2 or 3) of experts. These experts should be unknown to the researcher and should be objective

Question 23

Aims of peer review

Answer 23

To allocate funding
To validate quality and relevance
To suggest improvements or amendments

Question 24

Criticisms of peer review

Answer 24

Should the experts be unknown

Publication bias