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self report
questionnaire, interviews
17  cards
mean, median, mode, range, statistical infrequency
Mean strength and weakness,
Median strength and weakness,
Mode strength and weakness
10  cards
variables and experimental design
Independent variable,
Dependent variable,
Operationalisation
15  cards
statistical test
Statistical test,
What 3 factors we must consider w...,
Correlation
6  cards
sign test
Q a researcher has created a drug...
1  cards
Types Of Experimental Methods
What is an experiment,
Laboratory experiments,
Strength of laboratory experiments
13  cards
Observational Techniques
Controlled observations,
Strength of controlled observation,
Weakness of controlled observation
18  cards
Sampling
Volunteer sampling,
Strengths of volunteer sampling,
Limitation of volunteer sampling
17  cards
Content Analysis
Content analysis,
Examples for communications,
The aim of content analysis
4  cards
Type 1 And 2 Error
Type 1 error,
How does a researcher minimise ty...,
What can a very low significance ...
8  cards
Data
Primary data,
Secondary data
2  cards
Case Studies
What is a case study,
What type of data does case study...,
When are case studies best use for
5  cards
Aims And Hypotheses
Aims,
Hypothesis,
Directional hypothesis
8  cards
Pilot Studies
What is a pilot study,
The aims of piloting,
How are pilot studies useful in q...
7  cards
reliability
What is reliability,
Two ways of assessing reliability,
Test retest method
12  cards
types of validity
Validity,
Internal validity,
One major threat to internal validty
8  cards
Variables
0  cards
observational designs
Observer bias,
Behavioral categories,
Sampling methods methods to recor...
20  cards

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