research methods overview
- Created by: maggiejune
- Created on: 21-01-18 16:52
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- Research Methods
- Experimental Methods
- Types: Quasi, natural, field, and lab
- Design: Independent groups, matched pairs,
- Sampling: volunteer, random, opportunity, systematic, stratified
- Ethical problems: right to withdraw, protection from harm,
- Hypothesis: directional or non-directional, operalationise
- Research issues: demand characteristics investigator effects, extraneous
- Research techniques: standardise, control groups, double/single blind
- Non Experimental Methods
- Correlations: negative, postive, cannot determine cause and effect
- Questionnaire:open/closed, avoid jargon & leading q's
- Interviews: structured or unstructured, quiet room and ethical
- Pilot Studies: used as a trial run to see what does/doesn't work
- Observational techniques: naturalistic or controlled, overt or covert, participant or nonparticipant
- Observational design: behavioural categories, time sampling, event sampling
- Data Methods
- Types of data: quantitate or qualitative, primary or secondary, meta analysis
- Measures: mode, median mean, range, standard deviation
- Peer review: funding, validation and improvements
- Statistical testing: significance, probability, calculated and critical values
- Presentation of data: tables, bar chart, histogram, line graph, scattergram
- Maths: percentage, denial, fractions, significant figures and standard form
- Experimental Methods
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