PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Operational Definition, Random Assignment, Big Data

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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The scientific method: scientific method is the process of testing ideas about the world by, setting up situations that test our ideas. Testing hypothesis and refining theories: description, descriptive methods describe behaviors, often by using case studies, surveys, or naturalistic observations, correlation, correlational methods associate different factors. ( factor is often used in descriptions of research. It refers to anything that contributes to a result. : causation, experiments, experimental methods manipulate, or vary, factors to discover their effects. Research strategies - description: descriptive research is a systematic, objective observation of people, goal: provide a clear, accurate picture of people"s behaviors, thoughts, attributes. Twitter message moods, by time and by day: this illustrates how, without knowing anyone"s identity, big data enable researchers to study human behavior on a massive scale. It now is possible to associate people"s moods with, for example, their locations.