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Research Methods 3
Question | Answer |
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How many conditions required in any experiment | at least 2 |
One way design | 1 IV, 1 main effect, no interactions, at least 2 conditions |
Two way design | 2 IVs, 2 main effects, 1 interaction, at least 2 conditions |
Between subjects designs | IV manipulated across groups |
Randomized groups | participants randomly assigned to each condition |
Matched participants | matched using subject variable to make groups equal |
Within subjects designs | every participant assigned to all levels |
Factorial designs | at least 2 IVs, at least 2 levels each (2X2) |
Main effect | effect of only one variable, ignores other variables (=number IVs) |
Interaction | the effect of one variable depends on another variable |
Inferential statistics | used to determine if difference is large enough to be due to something other than EV |
p-value | probability effect caused by EV |
alpha value | p-value, .05, probability effect caused by EV |
Type I error | wrongly reject null |
Type II error | wrongly fail to reject null |
Worse type of error | Type I error |
Effect size | strength of relationship btw variables |
Variance accounted for | proportion accounted for by a different variable |
Cohen's D equation | difference in group means/EV |
Criticism of NHST | P doesn't provide effect size |
Confidence interval | range of likely values for population mean (M+/-2.5) |
Effect size equation | systematic variance/total variance |
Pearson's R | measures effect size using systematic difference |
Cohen's D | measures effect size using difference of means |
When is the t-test used? | two-group experiment |
Directional hypothesis | predicts how means will differ |
Nondirectional hypothesis | predicts that means will be different |
t-test | difference of means/EV; positive or negative |
t>critical value | statistically significant difference |
t<critical value | statistically insignificant difference |
Criticism of multiple t-tests | increases type 1 error by 5% |
When is ANOVA used? | more than two groups |
F ratio | systematic variance/error variance; positive (uses square root of T) |
Idiographic research | individuals |
Nomothetic research | groups |
Interparticipant variance | differences between participants |
Intraparticipant variance | differences in individual over time/situation |
ABAB design | singe-subject baseline design |
ABACAC/ABC design | multiple interventions |
When is multiple baseline design used? | When returning to baseline not possible |