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Naturalistic observation
Variables
Reliability
Reliability (Cont.)
Computer Day 6
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In order to follow the scientific method do you need to conduct an experiment?
No
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What are some problems with questionnaires?
people lie, don't think carefully, socially desirable responding, etc.
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What makes a measurement reliable?
Consistency
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What is validity all about?
Targeting what you are interested in
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How do you make a bar chart?
Highlight information, insert tab, column chart
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What makes an observation study scientific?
It follows the scientific method
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What is the definition of accuracy
Responses are either right or wrong
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True or false: Every tray of cookies burnt is reliable
True
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Draw target on board: High or low reliability/validity
High reliability Low validity
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What is one way to add axis titles?
select graph, click on plus sign to the right of the graph, Check off axis titles
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Is the love for a pet quantitative or qualitative?
Qualitative
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On a questionnaire when you have to agree, disagree, or neutral. What kind of scale are you using?
Likert scale
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How do we know if participants' responses are reliable?
Test-retest reliability
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What is test-retest reliability?
correlate the scores received by a group of participants who were tested at two different times.
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How can you determine whether there are more males or females?
Click a blank space, press function, COUNTIF, select the column, under criteria type in F for female, click enter.
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Is the amount of pets you own quantitative or qualitative?
Quantitative
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What is the term for this definition: Finding a measurable, quantifiable, and valid index for your variable.
Operationalization
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What measures the level of agreement between judges and scoring behavior?
Inter-rater reliability
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What is the simplest calculation for inter-rater reliability
For each pair of observations, divide the smaller number by the larger
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How do you make a pivot table?
highlight all data, go to insert tab, click on pivot table.
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What are some predicted patterns you would look for when observing social behavior differences related to male-male conversation vs. female-female conversation
Females: loud, excited to see each other, stop and talk for a while/gossip Male: Head nod, Daps, catching up on sports/quick conversation
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What is the difference between latency and duration?
Latency: The speed of onset/the reaction time Duration: How long the behavior lasts
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What is commonly reported as a minimum standard for good similarity agreement?
80%
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What measure of personality would be high in face validity?
Meyers-Briggs personality test
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true or false the final figure showed an interaction
true