PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Normal Distribution, Scientific Method, Statistical Inference
7 Feb 2018
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The scientific method ensures reliable and meaningful research. Use the seven steps of the scientific method. Paradigm shift - when there is a dramatic change in the way we think about something. Anecdotal evidence - evidence gathered from others or self experiment. When doing experiments a single experience may not be representative of the general result that may occur an experiment due to partice have an effect on the result. Practice effect: within control subjects have improved performance over the course of. Between subject design: control group and experimental group. Confounding variable: any variable other than the independent variable that may. Population- group of people we are trying to learn about. Sample- group chosen from the population to conduct experiment on. Random assignment- assigning participants to the control or experimental group at random. The placebo effect: when an individual exhibits a response to a treatment that does not actually have any effect.
