Research Methods
What is an experiment?
Type of research method that provides an in-depth picture of a single subject
What is a case study?
Publishing a list of participants names with the results of a research study violates this ethical principle
What is confidentiality?
Describe the correlation:
If more time is spent studying, exam scores tend to go up
What is a positive correlation?
An interview technique in which questions are asked from a fixed list but allows opportunities to add participant-specific questions
What is a semi-structured interview?
Process that ensures participants have an equal chance of being in either the control group or experimental group
What is random allocation/assignment?
These are important when researchers want to be able to replicate an experiment
What are operational definitions?
The right of participants who do not wish to complete a study they began
What is right to withdraw?
An experimental design in which each participant performs in each level of the IV
What is a repeated measures design?
The loss of participants in a sample over time
What is sample attrition?
An uncontrolled variable that hides or exaggerates differences between levels of the IV
What is a confounding variable?
Mr. Heidegger designs an experiment to see if room temperature impacts his classes' exam performance. In his experiment, room temperature would be...
What is the independent variable (IV)?
Relying on orphan children for psychological research risks violating this ethical guideline
What is valid consent?
Mr. Heidegger designs an experiment to see if exercise improves his students' concentration during long PowerPoints. In his experiment, concentration would be...
What is the dependent variable (DV)?
The question "which of the following is your favorite school subject" produces this type of data
What is quantitative data?
Mr. Heidegger only asks his AICE students to participate in a questionnaire and concludes LHS/HSA students are given far too much homework each night. What type of sample did he use?
What is an opportunity sample?
Describe the relationship:
A negative correlation between hunger and concentration
as hunger increases, concentration tends to decrease OR
as hunger decreases, concentration tends to increase
If deception is a necessary aspect of a study, this must follow the study ASAP
What is debriefing?
Type of experiment in which demand characteristics are less obvious to participants, especially if unaware the study is taking place
What is a field experiment?
What is a control group/condition?
A design technique used to minimize the impact of order effects
What is counterbalancing?
A research method investigating social media use among 10-, 20-, 30-, 40-, and 50-year-olds at one point in time
What is a cross-sectional study?
A pre-study ethical requirement when participants cannot be made aware of their participation in a study beforehand
What is presumptive consent?
"Students with fewer absences will have higher grades than students with low attendance" is an example of this kind of hypothesis
What is a directional (one-tailed) hypothesis?
Sampling technique that produces the most generalisable data
What is random sampling?