Research methods

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Decks in this class (37)

Observational techniques
Observational techniques 1,
Naturalistic 2,
Naturalistic str 3
19  cards
Self-report techniques!
Self report techniques 1,
Self report str 2,
Self rep lim 3
12  cards
Correlations!
Correlation 1,
Correlational hypothesis 2,
Scattergrams 3
8  cards
Content analysis !
Content analysis 1,
Design decisions in content analy...,
Sampling method decisions ca 3
9  cards
Case studies!
Case study 1,
Case study limitation generalise 2,
Case study str rich in depth info 3
7  cards
Sampling!
Sampling types 1,
Sampling definition 2,
Opportunity sampling 3
10  cards
Pilot studies!
Pilot study 1
1  cards
Experimental designs!
Types of experimental design 1,
Independent groups 2,
Ind group str 3
13  cards
Observational design
Observational design 1,
Behavioural categories 2,
Event sampling 3
4  cards
Questionnaire construction!
What are questionnaires 1,
Question format 2,
What are closed questions 3
4  cards
Variables!
Iv 1,
Dv 2,
Operationalisation of iv and dv 3
8  cards
research control!
What is random allocation 1,
What is counterbalancing 2,
What is randomisation 3
4  cards
Demand characteristics and investigator effects!
Demand characteristics 1,
Investigator effects 2
2  cards
Ethics
British psychological society cod...,
Ethical issues 2,
Blank 3
9  cards
Peer review
What is a peer review 1,
Strengths of peer review 2,
Limitations of peer 3
3  cards
Economy
0  cards
Reliability across all methods of investigation!
What is reliability 1,
Reliability of observational tech...,
Reliability of self report techni...
4  cards
Validity!
Validity 1,
Internal validity 2,
External validity 3
11  cards
Features of science
Features of science 1,
Emperical methods 2,
Objectivity 3
4  cards
Reporting psychological investigations.
Elements 1,
Abstract 2,
Introduction 3
7  cards
Quantitative and qualitative data
Quantitative data definition 1,
Qualitative data 2,
Blank 3
3  cards
Primary and secondary data including meta-analysis.
Primary data 1,
Primary data strengths 2,
Primary data limitations 3
10  cards
Descriptive statistics
0  cards
Presentation and display of quantitative data
0  cards
Distributions
0  cards
Analysis and interpretation of correlation
0  cards
Levels of measurement
What are the 4 levels of measurem...,
What is interval data 2,
What is ordinal data 3
5  cards
Thematic analysis!
Thematic analysis definition 1,
Main intentions of thematic analy...,
General principles of thematic an...
3  cards
Introduction to statistical testing; the sign test.
0  cards
Probability and significance:
0  cards
statistical tables and critical values in interpretation of significance
0  cards
Factors affecting the choice of statistical test,
0  cards
Experimental method!
Experimental method 1,
Lab experiment 2,
Lab experiment strengths 3
13  cards
Aims!
Aim 1
1  cards
Hypotheses!
Hypothesis 1,
Directional hyp 2,
Non directional 3
9  cards
Informed consent and debrief!
Informed consent 1,
Debrief 2
2  cards
type 1/2 error!
Type 1 error 1,
Type 2 error 2
2  cards

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