PS1811 Research methods and statistics

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In science, all hypothesised causes and effects should be natural, rather than supernatural
methodological naturalism
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Criticism and analysis by other experts in the field
peer review
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Things that are presented as science, but without the methodological rigour of proper science
pseudoscience
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Route to persuasion in which people engage in detailed thought about a subject
central route
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Anything that varies between people or over time
variable
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Causes changes in some other variable
independent variable
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What we think is changed by some other variable
dependent variable
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General term used used in psychology for an investigation of some topic
study
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Particular kind of study that involves manipulating the IV
experiment
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Numbers are used as lables
nominal data
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Numbers tell us the order of data, not the magnitude
ordinal data
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Numbers have a meaning (can be added/ subtracted)
interval data
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Data that has a real zero (can be multiplied/ divided)
ratio data
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Describing what the data looks like
descriptive statistics
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Criticism and analysis by other experts in the field

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peer review

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Things that are presented as science, but without the methodological rigour of proper science

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Route to persuasion in which people engage in detailed thought about a subject

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Anything that varies between people or over time

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