PSYCH257 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jenny Mccarthy, Andrew Wakefield, Longitudinal Study
11 Feb 2020
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Variety of approaches, not everything might be answered in the way we want it to be. When you read and evaluate others research papers, understanding paradigms it will be beneficial. We have to be better consumers for research. Jenny mccarthy video link between vaccines and autism. Andrew wakefield 1998 wrote this paper later retracted. They altered facts about his patient: how to design a study, research questions and hypotheses: Independent variable looking at its impact in something else and why something causes something else. This is a vairbale that we have control over or what is influing the other variable/ Dependent variable out of what we are interested, what changes about indepenedent variable and how is that different when looking at the outcome. Basic resarach questions looking at particular questions like comparing gender roles. Applied resrarch questions where you are trying to solve a problem, like does theorapy solve depression, or are certain tyeps of therapy better for solving depression.
