PSY 225 Research Methods Spring 2013 Review Sheet Exam 1 CHAPTER 1 Why is the methods course believed to provide a “foundation” for other psychology courses? Hint: process vs. content. A methods course teaches a process (of doing research) that applies to other content courses. How do research psychologists use the terms determinism and objectivity? +Determinism= the idea that events‚ including psychological ones‚ have causes statistical determinism= events can be predicted‚ but only
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NOTES BASED ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY BY WELMAN‚ KRUGER AND MITCHELL‚ 3RD EDITION. THE AIMS OF RESEARCH Research is a process that involves obtaining scientific knowledge by means of various objective methods and procedures. The term objective indicates that these methods and procedures do not rely on personal feelings or opinions and that the specific methods are used at each stage of the research process. These methods include procedures for drawing samples (e.g. simple random sampling)‚ measuring
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RESEARCH METHODS VARIABLES AND HYPOTHESES Begin with stating the research question‚ the purpose of the research‚ the resources needed‚ and a plan for the research‚ including a model of the phenomenon under study. Where do research ideas come from? Curiosity; experience; need for deciding or acting; job; school; building on or contesting existing theory; available funding; etc. A preliminary research proposal‚ in one or two pages‚ a. states the research question b. states
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Assignment in Research Methods 1) Overview of various research methods When writing a Research Paper it is important to know different research methods. These methods help to gather and systemize the information and data in order to scientifically prove the validity of the work. Further will be explained ways how to collect the data. Research methods are divided in two big blocks: quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative methods are those where results are explained in numbers‚ whereas
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should a Manager know about research when the job entails managing people‚ products events‚ environments and the like? Q no 2: If the research in the management area can not be 100% scientific‚ why bother to do it at all? Comment on this statement. Q no 3: An Article in fortune says: Video conferencing would not take the place of business travel‚ because it should not. The two have to work together. Can you comment on why this would be so? Q no 4: Describe the research process and explain the
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Concepts in Quantitative Methodology Arnes Hadzic Generalizability - It is primarily a methodology used to characterize and quantify specific sources of error that contaminate the observed measurement of interesest in order to have future research be more error free. In other words‚ if something has often happened in the past‚ it will likely happen in the future (Lee & Baskerville‚ 2003). In research that is extremely important because once researchers have collected enough data to support their hypothesis
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Justification by faith or justification by works? “Justification is a term that describes the event whereby persons are set or declared to be in right relation to god.” Justification by god is presented by Paul to be done only when you have faith and not because of your good deeds/works. On the other hand‚ James states that justification by god is done threw good works. Paul’s letter to the Romans in chapter 4 begins by referring to the Old Testament. The Old Testament taught the same message
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things as they really are Modern view Diversity in beliefs‚ no one is absolute Postmodern view The only things we know are those we see (no “truth”) theory Systematic explanation for the observations that relate to a particular aspect of life; describe relationships we might logically expect between variables Independent variable Cause Dependent variable Effect‚ depending on another Idiographic explanation Idio = unique; full explanation; limited to a single case Nomothetic explanation
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1. If you were the experimenter in charge‚ would you have done this study? Would you have terminated it earlier? Would you have conducted a follow-up study? Why or why not? If I were the experimenter in charge‚ I would not have done this study. While the initial question posed in both cases is intriguing‚ (if given specific orders‚ would a person follow them when under normal circumstances they would not) it is not a humane experiment. All of the people in this study could have potential lasting
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Bowden’s research? -nursing students who consider leaving b. the dependent variable(s) of Bowden’s research? - stay on their courses 4/Based on your answer to question 3‚ how would you state Bowden’s research question‚ if she was submitting this article to Dr. Kelly as her class project for Research Methods? -Bowden’s research question is not a cause and effect question. It is difficult to identify what effect A(independent variable) have on B(dependent variable) 5/ What method(s) of
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