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what are the 8 tests used to identify the level of significance ?

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  • sign test
  • wilcoxon
  • mann whitney
  • unrelated t test
  • related t test
  • spearman’s rho
  • pearson’s r
  • chi squared
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what are the 8 tests used to identify the level of significance ?

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  • sign test
  • wilcoxon
  • mann whitney
  • unrelated t test
  • related t test
  • spearman’s rho
  • pearson’s r
  • chi squared
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what is the 3 parts of the criteria to justify using a sign test ?

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  • difference
  • repeated measures
  • nominal data
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what does the calculated value need to be for a sign test to be significant?

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equal to or less than the critical value

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how do you work out the sign test’s calculated value ?

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  • find the + and -
  • whichever is the one that’s less is the calculated value
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what are the 3 parts of the criteria for Mann Whitney ?

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  • difference
  • individual groups
  • ordinal
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what does the calculated value need to be in a Mann Whitney test for it to be significant ?

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the calculated value needs to be equal too or less than the critical value

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what are the 3 parts of the criteria for a Wilcoxon test ?

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  • difference between groups
  • repeated measures
  • ordinal data
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what does the calculated value need to be in a Wilcoxon test to be significant ?

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equal too or less than the critical value

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what are the 3 parts of the criteria for a Chi-Squared test ?

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  • difference
  • individual groups
  • nominal data
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what does the calculated value need to be for either Chi-Squared tests to be significant ?

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equal too or more than the critical value

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what are the 2 parts for the criteria for Chi-Squared test ?

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  • correlation
  • nominal data
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what are the 2 parts for the criteria for a Spearman’s Rho test ?

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  • correlation
  • ordinal data
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what does the calculated value for a Spearman’s Rho test need to be to be significant ?

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equal too ore more than the critical value

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what are the 2 parts for a criteria of a Pearson’s R test ?

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  • correlation
  • interval data
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what does the calculated value need to be in a Pearson’s R test to be significant ?

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equal too or more than the critical value

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what are the 3 parts for the criteria of a Unrelated t-test ?

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  • difference but between 2 sets of data
  • individual groups
  • interval data
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what does the calculated value need to be in a Unrelated t-test to be significant ?

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equal too or more than the critical value

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what are the 3 parts for the Related t-test ?

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  • difference between 2 sets of data
  • repeated measures
  • interval data
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what does the calculated value need to be in a Related t-test to be significant ?

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equal too or more than the critical value

21
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what is the order of the 6 aspects that a scientific journal includes ?

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  • abstract
  • introduction
  • method
  • results
  • discussion
  • references
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what is an abstract in a scientific journal ?

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a summary that includes a brief description of the aims, hypothesis, procedures, main findings, conclusions and implication of the study

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what is the introduction in a scientific journal ?

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starts off with a review of other similar research, including theories that the research is going to be based on
- starts of really broad then becomes more specific to the research
- aim
- hypothesis
- null hypotheis

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what is the method in a scientific journal ?

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detailed description of what the researches did
- design
- pps
- materials
- producers
- ethics

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what is the results in a scientific journal ?

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  • descriptive results
  • critical value
  • raw data
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what is the discussion in a scientific journal ?

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everything about what the results show

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what is the references in a scientific journal ?

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any references from articles, books and studies etc… must be refrenced

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what 2 sections should a consent form include ?

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  • procedural issues
  • ethical issues
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what are the 6 procedural issues in a consent form ?

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  • specific details/ requirements
  • non-invasive procedure
  • the functioning is assed before and after
  • researcher is trained to conduct
  • duration of the procedure
  • random allocation of pps in conditions ( if relevant)
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what are the 6 ethical issues in a consent form ?

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  • no pressure to consent
  • pps can withdraw at anytime
  • pps can withdraw their data
  • pps data will be kept confidential
  • pps should feel free to ask questions
  • receive a full debrief at the end
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what 3 things must be included in standardised instructions for a scientific journal ?

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  • what will happen to the pps and what they need to do
  • include a check of understanding
  • possible to also remind them of their ethical rights
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what must be clearly explained and the same in standardised instructions ?

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  • the instructions
  • get the same instructions
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what must be included in a debrief for a scientific journal ?

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  • aim of the experiment
  • what the different conditions were
  • explain any deception that was used and why
  • what is expected to be found
  • what is going to happen with the results
  • ask if they have any questions
  • remind them of the ethics
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what are the 2 types of references that need to be known ?

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  • book
  • journal
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what is needed if referencing a journal article ?

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surname, initials (year), title, journal title in italics, volume of italics, page numbers

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what is needed when referencing a book ?

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surname, initials (year), book title in italics, place of publication, name of publisher

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what does designing a study need to include ?

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  • include all the details mentioned in the question
  • the design needs to be completely relevant to the topic
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what are the 12 things involved in the study pro-forma for design a study ?

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  • aims
  • hypothesis
  • variables
  • extraneous variables and how to control
  • sample and sampling method
  • design
  • method
  • materials
  • ethical issues
  • results
  • statistical analysis
  • qualitative analysis
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what are the 4 factors to consider when designing a study ?

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  • experiments
  • observations
  • self report
  • correlations
  • case study

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