Question 1
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What are the major features of science? (select them below)
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Empiricism
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Research
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Objectivity
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Replicability
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Reliability
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Control
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Theory construction
Question 2
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What is Peer review?
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The process of working with others to ensure that the work you do is scientific.
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The process whereby a professional from the same field assesses the work of others, to ensure it is scientific, before publication.
Question 3
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What is a laboratory experiment?
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An experiment conducted in a natural environement with an IV but possible EV's to affect the study.
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A highly controlled experiment, in a highly controlled environment..
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An experiment using existing IV's and naturally occuring IV's.
Question 4
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Tick two exapmles of a self-report method.
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Questionnaires
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Observations
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Correlational analysis
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Interviews
Question 5
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Reliability depends on whether the study can be repeated and gain the same, or similar results.
Question 6
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Reliability depends on whether the study can be repeated and gain the same, or similar results.
Question 7
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Validity refers to how truthful the data is
Question 8
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What are the ethical considerations psychologists must take into account? Tick the following that apply.
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Competance
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Respect- including the right to withdraw, confidentiality and anonymity...
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Care of participants
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Responsibility- e.g. protection from physical harm, and debriefing.
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Lying- Do not lie to your participants
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Integrity- e.g. honesty and accuracy.
Question 9
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Which statistical analyisis do you use when: There is a correlation between two co-variables, the data is pairs of scores from one person or thing i.e. the two are related, the data is ordinal or interval (so it is not nominal).
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Chi Squared
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Mann Whitney
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Spearmans Rho
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Wilcoxon Test
Question 10
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Which test is used when the hypothesis predicts a difference between the two conditions or an assosciation between two variables, The sets of data are independant, The data is nominal.
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Mann Whitney
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Spearmans Rho
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Chi Squared
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Wilcoxon Test
Question 11
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Which test do you use in this case? When the hypothesis predicts a difference between two sets of data, when the data is from two sets of participants (independant groups), and the data is ordinal.
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Mann Whitney
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Wilcoxon Test
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Chi Squared
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Spearman's Rho
Question 12
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What about this test: When the hypothesis predicts a difference between two sets of data, the two sets of data are pairs of scores from one person or a matches pair, the data is ordinal.
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Mann Whitney
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Spearman's Rho
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Wilcoxon Test
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Chi Squared