goals of research
What is the goal of Survey and Case Study research?
You get multiple pieces of information on a therapy client
Case Study
You want to study the rare Hoopie Disease
Case Study
The group that you use in your study
Sample
The thing given to the control group
Placebo
What is the research goal for a Test and Observation?
Description
You record how children play on a school playground
Naturalistic Observation
You want to know if societal violence is related to watching video games
Correlation
The variable given to the experiment group
Independent Variable
The group from which your sample is selected; the group to whom the study results apply
Population
What is the research goal for a Correlation?
Prediction
You give your therapy client a Beck Depression Inventory, which gives a score indicating depression level
Test
You want to know if eating pesticides causes cancer
Experiment
The variable measured at the end of the study
Dependent Variable
The process that ensures that the sample adequately represents the population
Random Selection
What is the research goal for a Longitudinal Study?
See how things Develop
You want to know what people would do if they saw a real lion animal, at the Lion's football game
Laboratory Observation
You want to know what people would REALLY do in a certain situation
Observation (will accept either Naturalistic or Laboratory)
The process that ensures that the control group and experiment group are equal BEFORE the study begins
Random Assignment
Blind Study
What is the goal of research for an experiment?
Explain/Understand
You ask several people if they are happily married.
Survey
Cross Sequential
Neither the person giving the treatment/placebo nor the subject know what group the subject is in
Double Blind Study
The way that the IV and DV are defined for the study
Operational Definition