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Psychology - Research Methods

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Decks in this class (18)

Aims and Hypotheses
What is an aim 1,
What is a hypothesis 2,
What is a null hypothesis 3
7  cards
Variables
What is an independent variable 1,
What is a dependent variable 2,
What is an extraneous variable 3
6  cards
Controls
What are demand characteristics 1,
What are investigator effects 2,
What are order effects and exampl...
8  cards
Experimental Designs
What are experimental designs 1,
What are independent groups stren...,
What are repeated measures streng...
4  cards
Populations and Sampling
What is the target population 1,
What is the sample 2,
What is sample bias 3
9  cards
Experimental Methods
What is a laboratory method stren...,
What is a field method strengths ...,
What is the natural method streng...
4  cards
Case Studies
What are case studies 1,
Strengths of case studies 2,
Limitations of case studies 3
4  cards
Ethics
What are the six ethics 1,
What is withdrawal 2,
What is informed consent 3
8  cards
Data Analysis - Central Tendancy and Dispersion
What is the mean strengths and li...,
What is the median strengths and ...,
What is the mode strengths and li...
5  cards
Correlations
What is a correlation 1,
How are correlations different to...,
What is a positive correlation 3
9  cards
Data Analysis - Representation
Tables 1,
Scattergrams 2,
Bar charts 3
4  cards
Data Analysis - Calculations
Percentage 1,
Percentage increase decrease 2
2  cards
Data Analysis - Types Of Data
Quantitative 1,
Qualitative 2,
Primary data 3
3  cards
Reporting Psychological Investigations
6 features of psychological repor...,
What is the abstract and its purp...,
What is the introduction and what...
9  cards
Peer Review
What is a peer review 1,
What are the 3 aims of peer review 2,
What is the method of completing ...
5  cards
Content Analysis
What is a content analysis 1,
Coding analysis 2,
Thematic analysis 3
6  cards
Distributions
Normal distribution 1,
Negative skew 2,
Positive skew 3
5  cards
Inferential Statistics
What do statistical tests show us 1,
Different levels of significance 2,
The 5 level of significance 3
9  cards

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