Data Collection
Data collection method where participants provide information about themselves.
What is self-reports?
Type of research method useful for natural beahvior but may have observer bias.
What is an observation?
The average (add all up and divide by the # of scores) of data collected.
What is the MEAN?
Moral concerns in research.
What are ethical concerns?
Graph used to show categorical data, bars do not touch.
What is a bar graph?
A set of written questions used to collect self-report data.
What is a questionnaire?
Observing participants in their natural environment without intereference.
What is a naturalistic observation?
The middle value in data points when put in rank order from smallest to greatest.
Participants must be fully aware of the study's nature or purpose.
What is informed consent?
Graph used to show continuous data, bars touch.
What is a histogram?
A method of data collection involving direct questioning.
What is an interview?
Observing participants in a controlled setting, such as a laboratory.
What is a controlled observation?
The most frequently occuring data point.
What is the MODE?
Hiding true purpose but can be justified.
What is deception?
Graph used to show a relationship between co-variables.
A flexible interview where questions are not pre-planned.
What is an unstructured interview?
A type of observation where participants do not know they are being observed.
What is a covert observation?
The difference between highest and lowesdt values.
What is the range?
Protecting participants data and identity.
What is confidentiality?
The Mean, Medium and mode
What is measures of central tendency?
A psychometric response scale used to measure opinions by offering a range of responses (e.g., strongly agree to strongly disagree)
What is a likert scale?
A type of observation where participants are aware they are being observed.
What is an overt observation?
Shows how spread (mean is subtracted from each data point) out data points are around the mean.
What is the standard deviation?
Ensuring safety and well-being of participants.
What is protection of participants (doing no harm)?
The range and standard deviation.
What is measures of spread?