Interpreting Data
A good researcher should be able to understand when a sampling error is not just statistically significant but also _______ significant.
socially
What are the 3 types of longitudinal studies?
Panel, trend and cohort
Quantitative data refers to _______ you can quantify.
numbers
The _______ curve relates to where the data lies under the normal circumstances of a study.
Bell
We have to consider if data is not only statistically significant, but also _______ _______.
socially significant
Mixed methods can be linked through which 2 types of design?
Explanatory and exploratory
External validity relates to how _______ the results are.
generalizable
The researchers goal is to develop an _______ explanation for what, how, and why people do what they do.
idiographic
Skewness refers to what part of SD.
Where the data "drags" at one end or both ends.
The patterns we see in the sample that are actually there.
Statistical significance
These reflect what our hypotheses predicted we would find, based on theory and on prior work.
Patterns
Correlation is not the same as _______.
causation
It is important to negotiate what when finishing your study as a researcher?
Negotiating your exit
Kurtosis refers to what?
How "pointy" or "flat" the distribution of data is.
Daily Double!
Qualitative studies produce _______ explanations while quantitative studies produce _______ explanations.
idiographic, nomothetic
What can triangulation produce?
Convergent, inconsistent, or contradictory results.
Daily Double!
List 3 internal validity threats due to participants.
Any of these: sampling, maturation, Hawthorne effect, inter-subject bias, or mortality
Why are the 3 most common types of qualitative methods for gathering data?
Interviews, systematic observation, ethnography
If your data is normally distributed in a bell curve, explain what numbers your 3 'm's should be.
Mean, median, and mode
Analysis is about _______ _______ within a sample.
finding patterns
Bonus Daily Double!
What are the 5 big questions for evaluating research?
Who conducted the research?
What was their purpose?
When did they conduct it?
Where did they collect data?
Who participated?
How did the researchers do their work?
When the IV influences the DV which subsequently changes, this exemplifies which term?
Time order
The researcher and the researched have _______ and _______ relationships.
ongoing, dynamic
95% of the results fall how far from the middle of the SD?
Percntages cean be misleading compared to _______ _______.
absolute numbers