research methods

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research methods
What is an aim 1,
What is a hypothesis 2,
What is a directional hypothesis 3
24  cards
Experimental designs
What is an experimental design 1,
What is counterbalancing 2,
What is repeated measures 3
12  cards
sampling methods
What is a sample 1,
What is the population 2,
What does representative mean 3
16  cards
Observational techniques
Why do scientist do observational...,
What is naturalistic 2,
Strengths of naturalistic 3
19  cards
Observational design
What is unstructured observation 1,
What is structured observations 2,
Strengths of structured observati...
7  cards
Behavioural categories
What are behavioural categories 1,
What is event sampling 2,
What is time sampling 3
8  cards
self reporting techniques
What is a self reporting technique 1,
What is a structured interview 2,
What is an unstructured interview 3
12  cards
Pilot studies
What is a pilot study 1,
Why do researchers do pilot studi...,
What is a single blind procedure 3
6  cards
Features of science
Empirical approach 1,
Objectivity 2,
Replicable 3
19  cards
Reliability
What is reliability 1,
What is test retest reliability 2,
What is inter observer reliability 3
15  cards
Validity
What does validity mean 1,
What is internal validity 2,
What is external validity 3
11  cards
correlations
What are co variables 1,
What is zero correlation 2,
What is a positive correlation 3
9  cards
Case studies
What is a case study 1,
What data does a case study produ...,
What is content analysis 3
5  cards

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