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6.1 Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Focuses on people behaving in nat...,
Can be broadly classified as prim...,
Tends to focus on specific behavi...
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6.4 Case Studies
The case study may be a descripti...,
A ___ ___ is an observational met...,
A ____ is a type of case study in...
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6.5 Archival Research
___ ___ are collected by many pub...,
___ ___ involves using previously...,
___ ___ consist of data from surv...
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7.1 Survey Research
___ ___ employes questionnaires a...,
Surveys are a ___ ___ that is use...,
Surveys have become extremely imp...
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7.2 Constructing Questions
Questions about ___ and ___ focus...,
When constructing questions for a...,
___ ___ ask people to indicate th...
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7.3 Responses To Questions
With ____ questions a limited num...,
Questions can be either ___ or __...,
With ___ ___ questions respondent...
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7.4 Finalising The Questionnaire
It is also good idea to consider ...,
The printed questionnaire should ...,
In general it is best to ask the ...
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7.5 Adminitering Surveys
The other way to administer a sur...,
There are two ways to administer ...,
Questionnaires are generally less...
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7.6 Sampling From A Population
The ____ is composed of all indiv...,
Most research projects involve __...,
With proper sampling we can use i...
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7.7 Sampling Techniques
In ____ sampling each member of t...,
There are ___ basic techniques fo...,
In ____ sampling we don t know th...
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7.8 Evaluating Samples
A completely unbiased sample is o...,
Samples should be ____ of the pop...,
To create a completely ____ sampl...
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1.1 Scientific Approach
The fundamental characteristic of...,
Scientific ____ means that ideas ...,
____ are collected that form the ...
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1.2 Goals Of Behavioural Science
The scientist begins with careful...,
Scientific research on behaviour ...,
Another goal of science is to ___...
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1.3 Basic And Applied Research
____ research is conducted to add...,
____ research tries to answer fun...,
A major area of applied research ...
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2.1 Where To Start
A ____ is a tentative idea or que...,
A hypothesis is a type of ___ or ...,
A ___ is a researchers belief con...
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2.2 Sources Of Ideas
Observations of personal and soci...,
One source of ideas that can be t...,
Much research in the behavioural ...
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2.3 Anatomy Of A Research Article
This is a summary of the research...,
Research articles usually have fi...,
In this section the research outl...
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3.1 Ethical Concerns
The three basic ____ principles a...,
The ____ report defined the princ...,
The associated ____ of these prin...
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4.1 Validity
____ validity refers to the accur...,
____ validity concerns whether ou...,
____ validity concerns whether we...
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4.2 Nonexperimental Versus Experimental Methods
Non experimental inquiry can be d...,
With the ____ method relationship...,
In the non experimental method va...
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4.3 Nonexperimental Method
Because the non experimental meth...,
Using the non experimental method...,
In the correlational method we ex...
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4.4 Experimental Method
Another characteristic of the exp...,
The experimental method reduces a...,
Any variable that cannot be held ...
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5.1 Measurement Concepts – Reliability
A reliable measure does not ____ ...,
____ refers to the consistency or...,
Any measure that you make can be ...
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5.2 Construct Validity of Measures
The evidence for validity is that...,
____ validity concerns whether ou...,
Face validity is not sufficient t...
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8.1 Experimental Design
The simplest possible ___ ___ has...,
The independent variable has a mi...,
The experimental method involves ...
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9.1 Manipulating The Independent Variable
Sometimes it is necessary to stag...,
___ ___ manipulate variables with...,
Staged manipulations are most fre...
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9.2 Measuring The Dependent Variable
___ ___ can be used to measure at...,
The ___ ___ in most experiments i...,
___ ___ are direct observations o...
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9.3 Additional Controls
Use of a control group makes it p...,
A ____ experimental design has tw...,
___ ___ are any feature of an exp...
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9.4 Additional Considerations
The intent of the proposal is to ...,
After putting considerable though...,
A research proposal is very simil...
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11.1 Single-Case Experimental Designs
___ __ ___ were developed from th...,
Single case experimental designs ...,
In a single case design the subje...
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11.2 Program Evaluation
The initial focus of evaluation r...,
___ ___ is research on programs t...,
___ ___ studies ask whether there...
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11.3 Quasi-Experimental Designs
Quasi experimental design allows ...,
___ ___ designs address the need ...,
A __ __ __ ___ design called a on...
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11.4 Developmental Research Designs
In a study using a ___ ___ method...,
Developmental psychologists often...,
In the ____ method the same group...
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12.2 Descriptive Statistics
Two statistics are needed to desc...,
____ statistics allow researchers...,
A ___ ___ statistic tells us what...
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12.1 Analysing Results Of Research
Statistics are used to make ____ ...,
____ are used to describe the data 1,
The levels of ___ scale variables...
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13.1 Understanding Research Results
___ ___ allow researchers to a as...,
Inferential statistics are necess...,
Inferential statistics are used t...
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13.2 The t And F Tests
The ___ is commonly used to exami...,
The ___ is a more general statist...,
To use the t distribution to eval...
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13.3 Type I And Type II Errors
The other ___ ___ is to accept th...,
One ___ ___ occurs when we reject...,
A ___ ___is made when we reject t...
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6.2 Naturalistic Observation
In a ___ ___ study the researcher...,
Naturalistic observation is somet...,
The goal of naturalistic observat...
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6.3 Systematic Observation
The researcher is interested in o...,
___ ___ refers to the careful obs...,
Numerous ____ can be studied usin...
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Equations
Mean 1,
Variance 2,
Standard deviation 3
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