Research Methods

Which ethical principle states that participants must not be coerced or forced to take part in research.

• Confidentiality

• Voluntary participation

• Withdrawal rights

• Deception

Which ethical principle states that participants must be free to leave the research at any time. They can also withdraw their results

• Confidentiality

• Voluntary participation

• Withdrawal rights

• Deception

Which ethical principle states that participants have the right to privacy, so personal details, confidential data and results cannot be published.

• Confidentiality

• Voluntary participation

• Withdrawal rights

• Deception

The sample is...

• The wider group of interest that an experiment aims to make a generalised conclusion about

• The smaller group selected from the population to represent them in the experiment

• the group that receives the ‘treatment’

• the group that does not receive the treatment

The population is...

• The wider group of interest that an experiment aims to make a generalised conclusion about

• The smaller group selected from the population to represent them in the experiment

• the group that receives the ‘treatment’

• the group that does not receive the treatment

The control group is...

• The wider group of interest that an experiment aims to make a generalised conclusion about

• The smaller group selected from the population to represent them in the experiment

• the group that receives the ‘treatment’

• the group that does not receive the treatment

The experimental group is...

• The wider group of interest that an experiment aims to make a generalised conclusion about

• The smaller group selected from the population to represent them in the experiment

• the group that receives the ‘treatment’

• the group that does not receive the treatment

Which research design involves participants being randomly allocated to one of two (or more) entirely separate groups

• Between Subjects

• Within Subjects

• Mixed Design

Which research design uses the same participants in both the experimental and control groups

• Between Subjects

• Within Subjects

• Mixed Design

Which research design involves selecting pairs of participants who are very similar in a characteristics, then allocating each member of the pair to a different group

• Between Subjects

• Within Subjects

• Mixed Design