Unit 1 Extra Bits

Question 1

What is nominal data and a example?

Answer 1

When data is inside categories and counted (a frequency/head count) examples of this could be bar charts of participants eye colour

Question 2

What is ordinal data with examples?

Answer 2

When data is collected (typically as a whole number score on a test/rating scale) and then put into rank order of highest to lowest I.e rating scale

Question 3

What is interval data?

Answer 3

This data includes rank order but takes into account of the actual results (so your aware of the exact size of the gap between individual scores). this data also uses UNIVERSAL SCALES OF MEASUREMENT I.e time and temperature

Question 4

What are inferential stats tests?

Answer 4

Tests used in order for us to find out whether or not results are significant/whether the IV affects the DV

Question 5

What inferential statistic test is used in research that is a independent measure design and has nominal data?

Answer 5

Chi square

Question 6

What type of inferential statistical test is used on research that has a repeated measures design and ordinal data?

Answer 6

Wilcoxon

Question 7

What is a peer review?

Answer 7

When other qualified researchers will check work before it’s published to check for errors, objectivity and if valid conclusions have been constructed

Question 8

Strengths of peer review

Answer 8

Uses expert knowledge
Guarantee precisionist/accuracy of a article

Question 9

Weaknesses of peer reviews?

Answer 9

Peer reviews can be time consuming to complete
Peer reviews will not always detect false data

Question 10

What are the 7 factors within a journal article that must be recorded?

Answer 10

Authors name
Date
Title of article
Name of journal
Volume of journal
Issue number
Page numbers of the article in journal

Question 11

Never Date Teacher Just VIPs?

Answer 11

Name Date Title Journalname Volume Issuenumber Pagenumber

Question 12

Point out where the factors are here
Sperry, 1968, hemisphere research, American psychologist, 23 (10)

Answer 12

Sperry = name
1968 = date published
Hemisphere research = title of article
American psychologists = journal title
23 = volume
(10) = page numbers

Question 13

What are critical values?

Answer 13

The score which our results need to beat for us to say that the results are not entirely due to chance/luck

Question 14

What are P values?

Answer 14

A informative thing that tells us whether the probability that our results are due to chance/luck

Question 15

What does
P < 0.05 mean?

Answer 15

This means results are significant and a alternative hypothesis will be accepted

Question 16

What does
P >0.05
Mean?

Answer 16

The means that are results are not significant and are more due to chance
We accept the null hypothesis