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What is a null hypothesis?
A prediction that the results will not show any consistent difference/relationship
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What is an alternative/experimental hypothesis?
A prediction of the outcome of a study based on what is expected to happen
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What is stratified sampling technique?
A method that ensures subgroups of the target population are proportionally represented in a sample
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What is an independent measures design?
Where participants are split into groups, only one group is tested for each condition.
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What is the repeated measures design?
Where the same participants are used for all conditions of a study.
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What is internal validity?
Whether the measures used in a test genuinely test what they were designed to
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What is an example of qualititive method of gathering data?
Case studies
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What is a Lab experiment?
A procedure staged in an artificial enviroment
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What is an unstructured interview?
A free-flowing conversation around a topic
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What is a covert observation?
Participants are unaware that they are being observed
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What is secondary data?
Data previously collected for a different study
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