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Decks in this class (25)

Control Of Variables
What is a confounding variable,
What is the confounding variable ...,
What is an extraneous variable
13  cards
Hypothesis
What is a hypothesis,
What is a directional hypothesis,
What is a non directional hypothesis
9  cards
The Experimental Method
What is an aim,
What is the dependant variable,
What does ur mean by operationali...
6  cards
Experimental Design
What is repeated measure design,
What is a strength of repeated me...,
What is the limitations of repeat...
13  cards
Labatory And Field Experiments
What is a lab experiment,
What is a field experiment,
What are the strengths of a lab e...
6  cards
Sampiling
What is opportunity sampling,
What is the strengths of opportun...,
What are the limitations of oppor...
15  cards
Natural And Quasi Experiments
What is a natural experiment,
What is a quasi experiment,
Strengths of a natural experiment
6  cards
Ethical Issues
What is informed consent,
Limitations of informed consent,
What is deception
17  cards
Content Analysis
What is content analysis,
How do you perform a content anal...,
Strengths of content analysis
11  cards
Problems With Experiments
What is demand characteristics,
What is investigator effects,
How can the researcher deal with ...
3  cards
Peer Review
What is peer review,
What is the purposes of peer review,
Weakness of peer review 2 expert ...
4  cards
Case Studies
What is a case study,
What are examples case studies ar...,
Strengths of case studies
4  cards
Observational Techniques
What is an observation,
What is a controlled observation,
Strengths of a controlled observa...
19  cards
Reliability
What is reliability,
What is internal reliability,
What is external reliability
10  cards
Validity
What is validity,
What is internal validity,
What is external validity
9  cards
Features Of Science
Scientific knowledge is based of ...,
What is the empirical method,
Important aspect of the empirical...
10  cards
Self Report Techniques
What is self report techniques,
What are the 2 types of self repo...,
What are 2 tules of questionnaire...
25  cards
Psychology And The Ecomomy
Define economy,
How has in psychopathology how ha...,
How has in attachment the role of...
5  cards
Correlation
What is a correlation,
How do correlations differ betwee...,
What is negative correlation
8  cards
Types Of Data
What is qualitative data,
Strengths of qualitative data,
Weaknesses of qualitative data
15  cards
Obsever Design
What is event sampiling,
What is time sampiling,
Strengths of time sampiling
14  cards
Single Blind And Double Procedures
What is a single blind procedure,
What is double blind procedure
2  cards
Display Of Quantitive Data And Data Distributooms
What is a bar chart,
What is a histogram,
What is a line graphs
8  cards
Measures Of Central Tendency And Dispersion
What is the mean and how do you c...,
Strengths of mean,
Limitations of mean
15  cards
Leveks Of Measurement
What is nominal data,
What is ordinal data,
What is interval data
3  cards

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