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Scientific Method

100

Implies that all data must be considered when evaluating a hypothesis

Fairness

200

Implies that a theory should enable us to make predictions about future events

Predicatability

300

An experiment must be replicable by another researcher

Verifiability

400

It should be possible to disprove a theory or hypothesis by experimental results

Falsifiable

Categories of Psychological Research

100

Research studies that do not test specific relationships between variables; they are used to describe general or specific behaviors and attributes that are observed and measured

Descriptive

200

Tests a hypothesis to determine cause and effect relationships

Experimental research

300

Tests whether a relationship exists between two or more variables

Correlational research

Types of Descriptive Research

100

A list of questions to be answered by research participants allowing researchers to collect data from a large number of people

Surveys

200

Observation of behavior in its natural setting

Naturalistic observation

300

Observational research study focusing on one or a few people

Clinical or case study

400

Method of research using past records or data sets to answer various research questions or to search for interesting patterns or relationships

Archival

500

Compares multiple segments of a population at a single time

Cross-sectional research

Vocabulary

100

Consistency and reproducibility of a given result

Reliability

200

Accuracy of a given result in measuring what it is designed to measure

Validity

300

If a result is unlikely to arise by chance alone

Statistical significance

400

Another way to say 'probability', or how often a random process would give a result at least as extreme as what was found in the actual study assuming there was nothing other than random chance at play

P-value