Exam 3: Research Methods in Psychology

Interviews may be preferable over questionnaires when:

The correlation coefficient provides information about

Thematic analysis (TA) involves deconstructing text or transcripts for examples of how language has been used to construct a version of reality

The distinction between participant and non-participant observations is:

When one variable increases as the other variable increases, the correlation is said to be

During a covert observation:

_________analysis involves taking a text or transcript and counting the frequency of particular words

A true experiment enables psychologists to

Statistical significance is the same thing as an effect size.

Thematic analysis (TA) is one example of

According to the British Psychological Society's ethical guidelines, participants should be able to withdraw some or all of their data

Which of the following best describes a descriptive research method in which the researcher gathers detailed information about a single individual, group, family or organisation in order to better understand a phenomenon

Explain the difference between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. You may wish to give examples in your answer.

Which of the following is a strength of questionnaires?

An independent variable refers to

The statistic which measures the magnitude, or strength, of a difference found between groups on a variable is known as a/an

Which of the following is NOT one of the BPS ethical guideline

External validity is defined as

_________validity is the extent to which the results of research generalize to real-world settings.

Operational definitions are