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Research methods: psychology

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WEEK 1: role of research in psychology
Correlation coefficientdefinition,
Confounding variables,
Randomisation
5  cards
WEEK 2: Aims and hypotheses
What needs to be established befo...,
Descriptive or explanatory studies,
Evaluation or outcome studies
7  cards
WEEK 3: Variables, concepts and measures
Subject variables,
Nominal variables,
Nominal variables
8  cards
WEEK4- Experimental designs
Characteristics of a basic lab ex...,
Why is randomisation important,
What are the two types of experim...
15  cards
WEEK 5: Correlation and cross sectional studies
What is a cross sectional design,
What methods can be used instead ...,
Does correlation mean causation
6  cards
WEEK 8: Presenting and writing up research
Structure of a lab report
1  cards
WEEK 9: Reliability and Validity
Validity,
Reliability,
Types of validity 7
14  cards
WEEK 10: Descriptive statistics
Measures of central tendency,
Normal distribution curvewhere ar...,
The negatively skewed distributio...
8  cards
WEEK 11: Inferential Statistics
What are descriptive statistics,
Limitations of descriptive statis...,
Inferential statisticsthe aim to ...
12  cards
WEEK 12: Comparing means t-tests part A
What is the purpose of a t test w...,
Assumptions of t tests,
Independent samples t testwhen do...
4  cards
WEEK15: Correlations
What is a limitation of correlati...,
What is the correlation test called,
What are the two values of a corr...
13  cards
Non parametric tests
What are the conditions for a par...,
What are the assumptions of a non...,
What is the non parametic equailv...
17  cards

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