key words for research methods 2

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questionaire
a set of standard questions about a topic that is given to all the participants in the survey
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survey
a method used for collecting information from a large number of people by asking them questions, either by using a questionaire or in an interview
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closed question
a question where the possible responses are fixed, often as 'yes' or 'no' options
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open questions
a question where the person answering can give any response they like
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unambiguous
something that has only one meaning
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ecological validity
the results of the investigation can be said to apply to real life behaviour. They are an accurate account of behaviour in the real world
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interview
a method in which a researcher collects data by asking questions directly
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interviewee
the person/respondant who answers the questions in an interview
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structured interview
an interview in which all the questions are pre-set, given in a fixed order and every interviewee is asked the same questions
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unstructured interview
an interview in which only the first question is set and all the others are determined by the answers of the interviewee
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natural observation
watching the behaviour of people who are in their usual enviroment
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observation study
a method of collecting information about behaviour by watching and recording peoples actions
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categories of behaviour
the seperate actions that are recording as examples of the target behaviour
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inter-observer reliability
when this is high, the records made more than one observer in a study are considered to be accurate because they match or are very similar to each other
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case study
an in depth investigation of an individual, a small group or an organisation
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relationship
a connection between two or more variables
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variable
a factor or thing that can change - it varies
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correlation
a technique used by researchers to established the strength of a relationship between two variables
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scatter graph
a graph for representing correlations
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positive correlation
a relationship between two variables in which, as the value increases, the value of the other aither variable also increases
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negative correlation
a relationship between two variables in which, as the value of one variable increases, the value of the other variable decreases
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no correlation
there is no relationship between the two variables
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pedicitons
a statement about what will happen, made before an event occurs
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