Research Methods.

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  • Created by: Charlotte
  • Created on: 06-01-10 20:19
An experiment;
Involes the researcher manipulating the Iv to see the effect on the Dv
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A correlation;
measures the strength of the relationship between 2 variables
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An independant measures design;
tests DIFFERENT participants in each condition
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We want to find the IQ of student in your college, we place all students names into a hat and draw out 100 for testing. This type of sampling is know as;
Random Sampling
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An experimentor wants to investigate the effects of caffine on sleep patterns. in this;
the amount of sleep is the DV and the caffine is the IV
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The mean;
always has the highest value
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QuantITive data is;
data in numerical form
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QuantATive data is;
Data in non- numerical form
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the variable manipulated by the experimentor is the;
Independant variable
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the EXPERIMENT is regarded as the most powerful research method because;
it has the potential to establish cause and effect
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The term 'correlation' refers to;
the relationship between two variables
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The correllation coefficient for a perfect POSITIVE correlation is;
+1
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An experimentor wants to investigate the effects of caffine on sleep patterns. in this;

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