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Year 2 Flashcards

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How to do sign test

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Calculated value: least common frequency

Ignore any results that stayed the same

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Describe content analysis

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  1. Type of observational research where studied INDIRECTLY through communications they have produced
  2. Aim is to summarise and describe communication in a systematic way to draw conclusions
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What is coding

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  1. 1st stage of content analysis

2. Categories information (behavioural categorises)

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What is thematic analysis

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  1. After coding a reoccurring theme can be identified

2. Can be checked by testing new set of data

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Strength and weakness of case study

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  1. Detail rich, idiographic information

2. Low validity as small sample and data collected is subjective to researcher

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Strength of content analysis

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As data already exists and in a public domain so no ethical issues

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Describe features of a case study

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  1. Qualitative data
  2. Case history through interviews and observations
  3. Subject to experimental testing
  4. Usually longitudinal
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Describe content analysis

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  1. Type of observational research where studied INDIRECTLY through communications they have produced
  2. Aim is to summarise and describe communication in a systematic way to draw conclusions
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What is coding

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  1. 1st stage of content analysis

2. Categories information (behavioural categorises)

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What is thematic analysis

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  1. After coding a reoccurring theme can be identified

2. Can be checked by testing new set of data

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Strength and weakness of case study

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  1. Detail rich, idiographic information

2. Low validity as small sample and data collected is subjective to researcher

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Strength of content analysis

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As data already exists and in a public domain so no ethical issues

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Weakness of content analysis

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  1. People studied indirectly so communication is analysed without the context
  2. Can be misinterpreted
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Strengths of case studies

And a weakness

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  1. ## Detailed insights on unusual and atypical behaviourCannot generalise
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Describe reliability

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  1. Consistency of a measure

2. Will an IQ test get same result twice from same person

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Simple way to test reliability

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  1. Test-retest
  2. Not on same day as person may just recall answers
  3. If two scores are significantly similar then is reliable
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What does inter-rater reliability refer to

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  1. Observational research
  2. Content analysis
  3. Interviews (interinterviewer-reliability)
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What should reliability be at

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+.80 (80%)

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How to improve reliability of a questioner

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  1. No complex or ambiguous questions as may be subjectively interpreted
  2. Less open questions more fixed answer
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How to improve reliability of interview

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  1. Use same interviewer
  2. No leading or ambiguous questions
  3. Structured interview
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How to improve reliability of a lab experiment

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  1. Because of such high control this is more about precise replication of a method rather than a finding
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How to improve reliability of an observation

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  1. Operationalise behavioural categories

2. Make sure not open to interpretation and no overlapping

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Define validity

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The extent to which something measured what it is supposed to be measuring

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Define internal validity

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Extent to which observed effects on DV are due to IV and no things such as demand characteristics

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Define external validity

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Can findings be generalised to other populations cultures and eras

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Define face validity

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Extent to which a researcher would say it looks like it’s measuring what it is supposed to

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Describe concurrent validity

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  1. Extent to which test or scale obtains or matched results of similar well recognised test
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What are the 5 features of science

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  1. Paradigm
  2. Objectivity
  3. Empirical method
  4. Replicability
  5. Falsifiability
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Choosing stat test

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Chi-Sign-Chi
Mann-Wilcoxon-Spearman’s Rho
Unrelated-related-Pearson’s

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