WorksheetsUnit 1: Research Methods Psychology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 28mins
A Type One Error is when someone makes a false (a)
A Quasi Experiment has a... (tick all that apply)
Artifical Independent Variable
Naturally Occuring Independent Variable
Control of the Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
What is a unique weakness of opporunity sampling?
Results may not generalise as participants have been recruited from the same place
Participants may not give their consent to take part
Only participatns that are confident will take part
It is a time consuming sampling method
Write down as many extranous variables as you can
What does this picture relate to?
A Rating Scale
An Extraneous Variable
A Type of Experiment
A Sampling Method
What does no correlation look like?
The level of difficulty of psychology is significantly different to the level of difficulty of biology. This is an example of a....
2 Tailed Hypothesis
1 Tailed Hypothesis
Null Hypothesis
Draw a Positively Skewed Distribution
'Protection from Harm' comes under which ethical category?
Respect
Integrity
Responsibility
Competence
What does the symbol inbetween a and b mean?
More Than
Proportionally
About Equal
Different to
What level of data is needed for a Chi Squared test?
(a)
What is the FINAL step to calculating the variance?
What is the 4th piece of information to be written in a Harvard Reference?
Name
Date
Title
Journal Title
P<0.05 means
The Results ARE Significant
The Results ARE NOT Significant
What is 19/35 as a percentage
48%
50%
54%
56%
What is meant by the term 'induction'?
When a researcher first thinks of a theory and then completes research
When a researcher completes research first and then creates a theory
What type of graph is this?
(a)
What is the criteria for a parametric test? (tick as many that apply)
Interval Level Data
Independent Measures
Normal Distribution
Similar Variances
What is a strength of interval data ONLY?
It's quick to analyse
The intervals between the values are precise
You can order data from lowest to highest
You can easily compare participants
What statistical test does this equation relate to?
Binominal Sign Test
Mann Whitney U
Chi Squared
Wilcoxon Signed Ranks
