Research Methods Summer (AO1+2)
Summer mindmap on the research methods for unit 4. Must also include examples when answering questions.
- Created by: Harriet
- Created on: 21-05-13 14:43
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- Research Methods
- Experiments
- Lab
- Artifical enviroment with controls
- Reliable, objective but lack validity
- Field
- Natural enviroment with controls
- Reliable with enough controls, ecologically valid
- Naturalistic
- Independant variable naturally occuring
- Valid but unreliable and cant generalise
- Lab
- Observations
- Structured
- Careful controls and set up, more than one observer
- Reliable, analysed, compared but lack validity
- Naturalistic
- Natural setting, covert/overt, non/participant
- Ecogological validity, observer alter behaviour, cant replicate
- Structured
- Questionnaires
- Open/closed questions, qualitative or quantitative, postal
- Low responce rate but large numbers, no ethical issues, social desirability bias
- Interviews
- Structured, unstructured, semi structured
- Areas can be exaplained and explored, may lie, structured reliable and coparable
- Case Studies
- In depth, one person, multiple method
- Valid but unreliable, not replicable or generalisable
- Experiments
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