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Psych as Science & Nonexperimental Methods
Experimental Methods
Controls & Confounds
Design & Stats
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100
These are the 4 cannons of good science (define each).
What are determinism, empiricism, parsimony, testability?
100
These are the different types of DVs.
What are continuous, discrete, ordinal, nominal?
100
These are general things you should control for.
What are extraneous, environmental, grouping, people, and measurement variables?
100
You can get multivariate designs by doing these things.
What is increasing the levels or number of IVs?
100
This is the term that refers to how we practically measure our variables of interest.
What is operationalization?
200
What do we mean when we say "bad science"? Give an example.
What are theoretical & correlational; see the case of racial differences?
200
Data are dependent in this type of design but independent in this type of design.
What are within vs. between subjects?
200
Single blind vs. double blind design refers to this.
What is who knows the hypothesis of the study?
200
These effects refer to straightforward effects of your IV.
What is main effects?
200
In a 2X2X3, how many IVs and cells are there?
What are 3 IVs and 12 cells?
300
These are the limitations of case studies and survey research.
What are generalizability and lack of a manipulation/random assignment/causality?
300
This type of design requires fewer participants but is subject to fatigue and carryover effects.
What is within subjects?
300
These are 3 ways you can handle confounds.
What are pretest, control, or randomize?
300
These refer to when the effect of one IV depends on the other.
What is interaction?
300
Means and SDs are examples of ___ stats whereas t values and p values are examples of __ stats.
What is descriptive; inferential?
400
Name the different types of survey questions.
What are open/closed ended, dichotomous, MC, scale?
400
This variable changes the nature of the IV-DV relationship; give an example.
What is a moderator?
400
This type of variable offers an alternative explanation for your results; give an example.
What is confound?
400
Quasi experimental designs lack this; give an example.
What is random assignment into condition?
400
In a within subjects design with only 1 IV, which stat test should you use?
What is repeated-measures ANOVA?
500
The primary difference between an interval and ratio scale is this.
What is the existence of a meaningful 0 point?
500
This variable explains why you got your IV-DV relationship; give an example.
What is mediator?
500
This type of variable refers to things you should hold constant in your study; give an example.
What is control variable?
500
Name the 2 types of quasi experimental designs most commonly involving age.
What is longitudinal vs. cross-sectional?
500
Post-hoc tests are most relevant to what kind of design or stats test?
What is an ANOVA with 3 or more levels?