Key terms & definitions in research methods
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| Scattergraph | show 🗑
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| show | This research method involves watching and recording behaviour
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| Closed | show 🗑
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| Independent Variable | show 🗑
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| show | If a study is conducted in this way the P’s know they are taking part
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| show | This refers to research carried out in the P’s natural environment
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| show | Which this technique each member of the target population has an equal chance of being chosen for the sample
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| Demand Characteristics | show 🗑
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| show | This shows you how strongly two variables are related
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| Ecological Validity | show 🗑
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| Structured | show 🗑
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| Covert | show 🗑
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| show | This relates to consistent measurement – you can repeat and find the same results
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| Opportunity Sampling | show 🗑
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| Interview | show 🗑
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| show | This can happen when a researcher lacks objectivity
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| show | This relates to accurate measurement, whether your study measures what it claims to measure
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| Open | show 🗑
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| show | This is a specifically designed, controlled environment for conducting research in
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| Extraneous Variable | show 🗑
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| Quantitative | show 🗑
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| show | This is a feature of a good sample
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| show | In an experiment, this is the variable measured by the experimenter
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| Matched Pairs | show 🗑
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| Central tendency | show 🗑
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| Repeated Measures | show 🗑
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| show | This type of statistics tells you how spread out the data are
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| show | This is non-numerical data
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| show | This is a prediction of the expected outcome of the study
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| Questionnaire | show 🗑
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| Hypothesis | show 🗑
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| Two-tailed | show 🗑
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| Aim | show 🗑
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| show | This is when a participant behaves/responds in a way that they think the experimenter wants them to.
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