Research methods

Hypothesis
1. Operational defination
  1. Observable actions or conditions that are used to measure or control variables
2. A starting theory for the experiment
Variables
1. Independent Variables
  1. A characteristic that is changed for the purpose of the experiment
2. Dependent Variables
  1. The outcome of the independent Variables
3. Extraneous Variables
  1. A variable that is not the independent variable that can affect the outcome of the experiment
4. Confounding of Varibles
  1. Two variables related in a way that makes it hard to separate them
Methods
1. Random assignment
  1. All subjects have a equal chance of being in any group
2. Representative sample
3. Population sample
4. Subjects
  1. Control group
    1. The group who do not receive treatment used as a bench mark
  2. Experimental Group
    1. The group that receives treatment from the researchers
Procedure
1. observation
  1. Naturalistic observation
    1. The researcher does not intervene directly
2. Questionnaire/ survey
3. Interview
4. Experiment
5. Partisapation
6. Case study
  1. A detailed analysis of an individual subject
7. Bias
  1. Sampling bias
  2. Placebo effect
  3. Experimenter bias
  4. Social desirability bias
  5. Double-Blind study
    1. neither the researcher of the subject knows who is the controll group or the experimental group
Ethics
1. The research must can't hurt or demean people
2. The research must benefit society in some way
3. The psychologist is expected, to be honest, and show integrity in relationships formed over the course of the experiment
4. The research must be used for betterment of society as a whole
Statistics
1. Median
  1. a score that falls in the centre of the scores
2. mean
  1. the average of the scores collected
3. The use of math to summarize and explain data
4. Mode
  1. the most repeated score
5. Descriptive statstics

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