Y12 - Research Methods

What is one way to deal with the order effect in repeated measures design?

• Conduct a pilot study

• Random allocations of participants

• Counterbalancing

• Increasing the sample size

Which of these are sampling methods?

• Random sampling

• Stratified sampling

• Opportunity sampling

• Volunteer sampling

Demand characteristics is the interaction where participants try to guess the purpose of the research and give 'right'/'wrong' results. Is this true?

• Yes

• No

Inter-observer reliability is...?

• The extent to which two or more observers agree in their observations

• The extent to which participants knows they are being observed

• The extent to the observation is reproducible

• The relationships between observer and participant

Some strengths of content analysis are...

• Shows clear causality

• Content analysis is easy to replicate

• Can be used to verify results from other research methods

• Easy-to-perform, inexpensive research method

Answer explanation

Content analysis is not performed under controlled conditions and therefore does not show causality.

Which of these are methods of central tendency?

• Median

• Range

• Mean

• Standard Deviation

A two-tailed hypothesis...

• Predicts difference but not direction

• Predicts difference and direction

• Predicts that the IV will not affect DV

What are some key features of ethical psychological research?

• There is participant confidentiality

• Informed consent is collected

• Participants made aware of their right to withdraw

• There is adequate briefing/debriefing