Case Studies
Focus on one person or just a few individuals
What is clinical or Case Studies?
Observing behavior in its natural setting
What is naturalistic observation?
lists of questions to be answered by research participants
What are suverys?
use existing records to answer various research questions.
research design in which data-gathering is administered repeatedly over an extended period of time
What is Longitudinal Research?
Refers to the ability to apply the findings of a particular research project to larger segments of society
What is Generalizing?
A measure of reliability that assesses the consistency of observations by different observers
What is inter-rater reliability?
is a subset of individuals selected from a population
examples of archival research
What is records or hardcopy?
a researcher compares multiple segments of the population at the same time
What is cross-sectional research?
Two Canadian girls who are conjoined twin that are connected at the head
Who is Krista and Tatiana Hogan?
When an observation is skewed to the observer side
What is Observer bias?
the overall group of individuals that the researchers are interested in
What is population?
examples of what archival research can do
What is complete degrees, course loads, grades, or extracurricular involvement?
reduction in the number of research participants due to dropouts
What is attrition?
Major Upside to case studies
What is insight?
Major Upside to naturalistic behavior
What is accuracy?
Major upside to survey
What is a large sample?
Major upside to archival research
What is no interaction?
weakness of longitudinal research
What is investment?
Major downside to case studies
What is generalizing?
Major downside to naturalistic behavior
What is observer bias or time and control?
Major downside to survey
What is a lie?
Major downside to archival research
What is no consistency?
Upside of longitudinal research