Research Methods

What is the Independent Variable?

What is the Dependent Variable?

List four extraneous variables.

What are Situational Variables?

What are Participant Effects?

What are Investigator Effects?

What are Demand Characteristics?

Define Operationalisation

What are aims?

What is a directional hypothesis?

What is a non-directional hypothesis?

What are the strengths of a lab experiment?

What are the weaknesses of a lab experiment?

What is a lab experiment?

What is a field experiment?

What are the strengths of a field experiment?

What are the weaknesses of field experiments?

What is a natural experiment?

What are strengths of a natural experiment?

What are weaknesses of natural experiments?

What is Repeated Measures?

What are strengths of Repeated Measures?

What are the weaknesses of Repeated Measures?

How can you control Repeated Measures?

What is Independent Groups?

What are the strengths of Independent Groups?

What are weaknesses of Independent Groups?

How can you control Independent Groups?

What is Matched Pairs?

What are the strengths of Matched Pairs?

What are the weaknesses of Matched Pairs?

How can Matched Pairs be controlled?

What is random sampling?

Strengths of Random sampling

Weaknesses of Random sampling

What is Opportunity sampling?

What are the strengths of opportunity sampling?

What are the weaknesses of opportunity sampling?

What is volunteer sampling?

What are the weaknesses of volunteer sampling?

What is a pilot study?

What is a strength of pilot studies?

What is reliability?

What is internal validity?

What is external validity?

Name three measures of central tendency

Name two measures of dispersion

What is a correlation?

What is a strength of correlational research?

What is a weakness of correlational research?

Describe Informed Consent

Describe Deception

Describe Debriefing

Describe Right to Withdraw

Describe Confidentiality

Describe Protection from Harm

What are the advantages of a naturalistic observation?

What are the disadvantages of a naturalistic observation?

What is the advantage of a controlled observation?

What is the disadvantage of controlled observations?

What are the advantages of a participant observation?

What are the disadvantages of participant observations?

What are the advantages of non-participant observations?

What is the disadvantage of a non-participant observation?

What are the strengths of interviews?

What are the weaknesses of interviews?

What is the advantage of open questions?

What is the advantages of closed questions?

Strengths of questionnaires

Weaknesses of questionnaires

Strengths of case studies

Weaknesses of case studies

Advantages of quantative data

Disadvantage of quantitative data

Advantages of qualitative data

Disadvantages of qualitative data