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Experimental Method
What is an experiment,
What are the 4 types of experiment,
Define laboratory experiment
13  cards
Observational Techniques
What s an observation,
What are the 6 observational tech...,
What is naturalistic observation
21  cards
Self-report Techniques
What are self report techniques,
What is a questionnaire,
What is an interview
17  cards
Content/ thematic analysis and coding
What is content analysis,
How is content analysis put into ...,
When is content analysis particul...
7  cards
Case Studies
What is a case study,
Do case studies refer to the way ...,
When are case studies often used
5  cards
Aims and Hypotheses
What is an aim,
What is a hypothesis,
How many types of hypotheses are ...
8  cards
Sampling
What is a sample opposed to a pop...,
Why should you use a sample,
What are the 5 sampling techniques
13  cards
Pilot studies
What is meant by pilot study,
Why do a pilot study,
What problems can be highlighted ...
3  cards
Experimental designs
What are the 3 experimental designs,
What is experimental design,
What are independent groups
8  cards
Observational design
What are observational designs,
What are structured observations,
Structured observations evaluation
12  cards
Variables
What is a variable,
What is an independent variable,
What is a dependent variable
14  cards
Ethics
Who are the bps,
What is the ethical issues defini...,
What is informed consent
21  cards
Peer review in the Scientific Process
What are the 3 aims within the ro...,
What is to allocate research funding,
What is to validate the quality
8  cards
The Economy
What is the economy,
How could psychological intervent...
2  cards
Reliability
What is reliability,
What is test retest reliability,
What should researchers be aware ...
11  cards
Types of Validity
What is validity,
What is internal validity,
What is external validity
16  cards
Features of Science
A key feature of science is the a...,
What is the empirical method,
Other than objectivity what is th...
11  cards
Reporting Psychological Investigations
What is a psychological report ma...,
What is the first section of a ps...,
What is the abstract
20  cards
Types of data
What is quantitative data,
What would produce quantitative data,
Quantitative data ao3
12  cards
Descriptive statistics
What are measures of central tend...,
What are the measures of central ...,
How to calculate the mean
20  cards
Presentation/display of quantitative data
Why do we use graphical techniques,
What do tables do,
What do scattergrams show
10  cards
Distributions
What are distributions,
What does a normal distribution r...,
What is a skewed distribution
7  cards
Analysis and interpretation of correlation
Correlation ao3,
What is a correlation coefficient,
What would be a 1 correlation
6  cards
Levels of measurement
What are the 3 levels of measurement,
What does the level of measuremen...,
What is nominal data
9  cards
The sign test
When would someone use the sign test,
What are the 6 steps to work out ...
2  cards
Probability and significance
Before analysing data what must b...,
What is a directional hypothesis,
What is a non directional hypothesis
12  cards
Statistical tests
What test would you use if it had...,
What test would you use if it had...,
What test would you use if it had...
9  cards

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