Research Methods Key Terms

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Q R U S I N N N Q Q D U Y A Y U W P R Q H
Q L M A T C H E D P A I R S D E S I G N E
Q M E A S U R E O F D I S P E R S I O N U
Y S P O X I S P U C N A I X E D Y L N I J
J T R V O L U N T E E R S A M P L I N G F
U Y L Y T M F T O O Y H C P I K K P O I S
N A T U R A L E X P E R I M E N T I U B R
L G L L S N D N O F S T P D Q T U B Y K J
R E T R O S P E C T I V E C O N S E N T J
P M C O V E R T O B S E R V A T I O N Q P
L A B O R A T O R Y E X P E R I M E N T E
S P L I T H A L F R E L I A B I L I T Y M
Y T F F Y I N Y J Y J Q G T B F N K B R X
P T G W A G G D K J S N X V J W R N G A I
I S Y S T E M A T I C S A M P L I N G A A
I E P R E S U M P T I V E C O N S E N T O
M O D N G K W E P Q N T T I R E O F J N Q
T I T W A N Q D X C C D U I W T D O S A I
M E Q M R S C D O Y K N Q J E H S B F K T
K X Y L D H I W Y R G C E E R R A K H S D
V K M N U P T L M N P U V H M D Y S S O O

Clues

  • An experiment conducted in a special environment where variables can be carefully controlled. IV manipulated. (10, 10)
  • Gained from people of a similar background to participants. If they state they would be wiling to participant, it's likely the real participants will not be upset by it. (11, 7)
  • Involves asking participants for consent after they have participated in the study. May not agree but have already taken part. (13, 7)
  • Obtain representative sample by selecting every nth person. Adv - Quick, good for large lists, should be representative. Disadv - Not random, anybody not 'nth' person has no chance. Difficult, time, money. May not be representative if list ordered. (10, 8)
  • Participant unaware of observation. Adv - Less demand characteristics. Increase validity? Disadv - Raises ethical issue of informed consent. Distrust of psychologists in future. (6, 11)
  • Recruiting group of participants. Find out what sorts of people in group. Recruit another group which matches them one for one. Treat experiment like an independent measures. Compare results for two groups. (7, 5, 6)
  • Show the spread of variability of the variable being measured (range, interquartile range, standard deviation). (7, 2, 10)
  • Splitting a test into two halves, and comparing the scores in both halves. If the results in the two halves are similar, we can assume the test is reliable. (5, 4, 11)
  • The environment is natural but the change in IV is also natural as it has not been directly manipulated by the researcher. (7, 10)
  • Use whoever puts themselves forward. E.g. advertise in the paper. Adv - Access to vanity of PPs, representative. Disadv - Biased - PPs more likely highly motivated with extra time on their hands. (9, 8)

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markn_1

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very detailed and covers basically every thing

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