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Research methods (psych)

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Decks in this class (17)

Variables
What is a variable,
What is an independent variable,
What is an dependant variable
6  cards
Aims and hypothesis
What is an aim,
What is a hypothesis,
Directional hypothesis signpost
8  cards
Conditions
What is an experimental condition,
What is a control condition,
What is randomisation
3  cards
Experimental designs
What is repeated measures,
What is independant measures design,
What is matched pairs
14  cards
Types of data
What is qualitative data,
What is quantitative data,
What is primary data
12  cards
Ethical issues
What is a lack of informed consent,
What is a lack of protection from...,
What is deception
12  cards
Features of science
Objectivity,
What is replication,
What is the empirical method
7  cards
Validity
What is validity,
What is internal validity,
What is external validity
14  cards
Reliability
What is reliability,
What is test retest,
What is inter rater reliability
5  cards
Peer review
What is peer review,
What does a peer review consider,
Why do we need peer review
4  cards
Experiments
What is a lab experiment,
What is a field experiment,
What is a natural experiment
11  cards
self report techniques
What is a self report,
What makes a good questionnaire,
What is a structured interview
20  cards
Observations
What is covert,
What is overt,
What is ppt observation
20  cards
content analysis
What are the stages of content an...,
What data does content analysis p...,
What is thematic analysis
6  cards
Case studies
What data is collected by case st...,
Strength of case studies,
Weaknesses of case studies
3  cards
Sampling
What is random sampling,
What is systematic sampling,
What is stratified sampling
20  cards
Psychological investigation reports
What is a title,
What is an abstract,
What is an introduction
8  cards

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