studying Flashcards
intuition
knowing something based on a gut feeling
authority
knowing something because someone with more wisdom tells you
empiricism
experiencing, perceiving, considering, and drawing a conclusion
scientific method
testing something through an experience
rationality
logic and reasoning
literature review
finding, reading, and summarizing past research done on your topic.
empirical research reports
one or more new research studies that have been conducted towards answering a research question.
review articles
summarizes past empirical papers towards answering a research question.
meta-analysis
a review article with statistics.
theoretical article
a review article or meta-analysis focused on presenting a new theory.
z-test
testing if your sample differs from a given population, and the populations standard deviation is known
one-sample t-test
when you want to see whether your sample differs from a given population and the populations standard deviation is not known
paired-sample t-test
when you want to compare the difference in two variables from the same participant (either a change over time or testing the impact of difference conditions)
repeated measures ANOVA
when you want to compare the difference in more than two variables from the participant (either a change over time or testing the impact)
independent samples t-test
when you want to compare the difference in two different groups; for entirely between subjects designs.
