Reliability and Validity 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyResearch methods and techniquesA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: kerri_bartlettCreated on: 02-06-15 19:08 Reliability The consistency of a measure, the results should be replicable 1 of 12 Validity The extent to which a test measures what it has set out to 2 of 12 Participant error Participants respond differently at different times 3 of 12 Participant bias Interviewee may be saying what another person wants them to say 4 of 12 Observer error Different investigators follow different procedures 5 of 12 Observer bias What an investigator observes and reports is influenced by their expectations, may interrupt results in different ways depending on interests 6 of 12 Extraneous variables A variable other than the IV which may affect the DV and therefore needs to be controlled 7 of 12 Situational variables Environmental variables which might affect participants behaviour 8 of 12 Participant variables characteristics of participants which might cause one group of people to act differently to others 9 of 12 Investigator effects Cues from the investigator which might cause participants to behave differently 10 of 12 Demand characteristics Cues arising from the research situations which affect participants behaviour as they try to workout what the investigator wants them to do 11 of 12 Confounding variable A variable other than the IV which has affected the DV and therefore has confounded the findings 12 of 12
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