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Descriptive studies: Establishing the Facts   show
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show Methods that yield descriptions of behavior but not casual explanations  
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Case Studies   show
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show researchers observe, measure, and record behavior without interfering with the people or animals they observe. The researchers disguise their research to keep their subjects from noticing as well as using careful record keeping to allow accuracy  
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show Tests may be used to promote self-understanding, to evaluate psychological treatments, or in scientific research, to draw generalizations about human behavior. Well constructed psychological tests are a great improvement over simple self-evaluation, beca  
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Psychological tests   show
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Objective tests   show
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Projective tests   show
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Tests must be reliable   show
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show giving the test twice to the same group of people, then comparing the two sets of scores statistically  
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show it must measure what it is mean to measure. The test has to have content validity meaning that if you are testing creativity, it is not valid if it actually measures verbal sophistication.  
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show questionnaires and interviews that gather information about people by asking them directly about their experiences or attitudes  
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