Taboo List - Disadvantages Flashcards
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Experiment (-1)
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Experiment (-2)
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Lab Experiment (-1)
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Lab Experiment(-2)
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Field Experiment (-1)
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Field Experiment (-2)
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Natural Experiment (-1)
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Natural Experiment (-2)
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Observations (-1)
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Observations (-2)
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Participant Observations (-1)
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Participant Observations (-2)
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Non-Participant Observations (-1)
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Non-Participant Observations (-2)
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Content Analysis (-1)
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Content Analysis (-2)
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Questionnaire (-1)
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Questionnaire (-2)
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Interviews (-1)
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Interviews (-2)
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Correlational Study (-1)
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Correlational Study (-2)
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Case Studies (-1)
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Case Studies (-2)
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Pilot Study (-1)
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Pilot Study (-2)
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Brain Scans (-1)
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Brain Scans (-2)
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PET Scans (-E)
Very expensive, therefore not easily available.
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PET Scans (-I)
The patient has to injected with radioactive substance, therefore can only be used a few times.
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CAT Scans (-R)
Require more radiation than traditional x-rays; the more radiation used, the more detailed the scan is.
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CAT Scans (-S)
CAT scans only provide structural information.
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MRI Scans (-1)
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MRI Scans (-2)
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Longitudinal Studies (-1)
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Longitudinal Studies (-2)
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Cross-Sectional Studies (-1)
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Cross-Sectional Studies (-2)
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Self-Report Techniques (-1)
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Self-Report Techniques (-2)
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Online Research (-1)
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Online Research (-2)
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Random Sampling (-P)
Would need to have a list of all the people in the target population.
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Random Sampling (-T)
Will need to contact all the people selected, which may take some time.
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Systematic Sampling (-F)
Not truly unbiased unless you select the first number using a random method, and then select every nth term.
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Systematic Sampling (-2)
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Opportunity Sampling (-1)
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Opportunity Sampling (-2)
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Stratified Sampling (-1)
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Stratified Sampling (-2)
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Quota Sampling (-1)
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Quota Sampling (-2)
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Self-Selected Sampling (-1)
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Self-Selected Sampling (-2)
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Snowball Sampling (-C)
The sample is not likely to be a good cross-section from the target population as it is friends of friends.
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Snowball Sampling (-2)
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Independent Groups Design (-I)
The researcher lacks control of individual variables, meaning more extraneous and confounding variables could occur.
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Independent Groups Design (-P)
Needs more participants than repeated measures to conduct the same research.
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Repeated Measures Design (-O)
Order effects; the order of the conditions may affect the performance of the participants, e.g. practice effects, boredom effects or fatigue effects.
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Repeated Measures Design (-D)
Demand characteristics; participants may try to guess the aim of the experiment, causing them to change their behaviour.
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Matched Pairs Design (-T)
Very time consuming to find participants with matching key variables in the target population. It may not be possible to find enough matching pairs from the target population.
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Matched Pairs Design (-V)
It is not possible to control all the variables, as people will still have individual differences.
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Bar Chart (-1)
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Bar Chart (-2)
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Pie Chart (-1)
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Pie Chart (-2)
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Line Graph (-1)
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Line Graph (-2)
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Scatter Graph (-1)
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Scatter Graph (-2)
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Histogram (-1)
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Histogram (-2)
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Mean (-1)
Cannot be used with nominal data nor does it make sense to use when you have discrete values as in average number of legs.
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Mean (-E)
Can be easily distorted by extreme values.
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Median (-1)
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Median (-2)
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Mode (-1)
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Mode (-2)
Not a useful way of describing data when there are several modes.
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Standard Deviation (-H)
May hide some of the characteristics of the data set.
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Standard Deviation (-C)
May be difficult to calculate without a calculator.
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Range (-D)
Fails to take the distribution of the numbers into account .
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Range (-E)
Easily affected by extreme values.
