PSYC 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Personality Disorder, Contrived, Absenteeism
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Today: types of descriptive research, observational research designs, survey research designs. Descriptive research, surveys and case studies are typically considered non-experimental design. Descriptive research seeks to describe the characteristics and behaviour of a given sample or population. Do not necessarily test hypotheses types: archival, observational, survey. Analyze data pulled from existing records census data, court records, personal letters, newspaper reports, magazine articles, government documents in combination with other research this can be used to test hypotheses with an emphasis on external validity. Archival = raw data, ex: historical records, census, etc. Library = processed data, ex: summaries, reviews literature reviews and metaanalyses do not constitute archival research. In general, creative productions are produced at a consistent rate by experts/professionals: simonton (1983) notes that in the context of science, production reached an upper limit and declined after the late 20s. Prevalence and incidence of diseases and psychological. Prevalence number of individuals at a given time disorders.