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Research Methods - psychology

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Decks in this class (13)

Aims and Objectives
What is the aim of a study 1,
What is a hypothesis 2,
The iv is what you 3
10  cards
Descriptive Stats
What are the three measures of te...,
What is an advantage of using the...,
What is a disadvantage of using t...
19  cards
Types of Data
What is quantitative data 1,
What is a qualitative data 2,
Name 2 advantages of quantitative...
18  cards
Extraneous + Confounding variables
What is extraneous variable 1,
Extraneous variables are un and m...,
What are the three types of extra...
12  cards
Demand characteristics + Investigator effects
What are demand characteristics 1,
Guessing the aim for the correct ...,
Guessing the aim for the wrong re...
9  cards
Experimental Methods
What is a lab experiment 1,
What is a field experiment 2,
What is a quasi experiment 3
6  cards
Experimental designs
What is repeated measures 1,
Name one weakness of repeated mea...,
Name one weakness of repeated mea...
29  cards
Ethical issues
What does the bps stand for 1,
What code did the bps make regard...,
If psychologist don t follow the ...
18  cards
Sampling
Samples have to be r for a t popu...,
What does representative mean 2,
What does sample mean 3
17  cards
Assessing/ Improving Reliability
What does reliability mean 1,
If something is reliable there mu...,
The s of a correlation will be me...
21  cards
Observational Techniques/Methods
What is an observation 1,
What does overt mean 2,
What does covert mean 3
31  cards
Assessing/Improving Validty
What is validity 1,
What are the 4 ways in which we c...,
What is face validity 3
12  cards
Observation design
What are behavioural categories 1,
Behavioural categories is essenti...,
If you come up with behavioural c...
8  cards

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