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What do natural experiments have that quasi experiments do not?
a control group
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The observation of naturally occuring behaviour in a natural setting is...
Naturalistic observation
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Obtaining self report data from participants by presenting written questions for them to reply to is...
Questionnaires
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Looking at the relationship between 2 variables and calculating a coefficient...
Correlational analysis
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When participants are not aware they are being observed, it is called...
covert observation
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What is the difference between event and time sampling?
time sampling records events in order of when they happened
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Wha type of variable needs to be controlled?
Extraneous
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The order effect can be controlled by...
counterbalancing
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Participant variables can be controlled by....
a repeated measures or matched pairs design/random allocation
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Participant effects can be controlled by...
single blind technique
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Investigator effects can be controlled by...
double blind technique
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Situational variables can be controlled by...
standardised procedure
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What is internal reliability?
consistency within a test
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What is external reliability?
consistency within the findings
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What is internal validity?
the ability of the test to measure what it claims to measure
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What is external validity?
how well the results can be generalised
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Internal reliability is checked using...
the split half method
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External reliability is checked using...
the test retest method
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induction is
reasoning from the particular to the general
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deduction is
reasoning from the general to the particular
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Nominal level data is
obtained when data is categorical
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Ordinal level data is
obtained when the information can be meaningfully put in order
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Interval level data is
obtained when the information can be put in order, and the points on the scale are equal distances apart
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Running speed is an example of
Interval level data
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What statistical test would you use for nominal level data?
Chi Squared
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What statistical test would you use for ordinal level data about relationships?
Spearman's rho
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What statistical test would you use for ordinal level data about differences, with an IGD?
Mann-Whitney
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What statistical test would you use for ordinal level data about differences, with a RMD?
Wilcoxon
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What statistical test would you use for interval level data about correlations?
Pearson's r study
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What statistical test would you use for interval level data about differences with an IGD?
Unrelated t test
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What statistical test would you use for interval level data about differences, with an RMD?
Related t test
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