PSY 3304 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 // Chapter 1
6 Oct 2016
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Raters scored should be similar: correlation studies. Whether there is a relationship between two or more behaviors. Correlation coefficient can be determined with +1 or -1. Example: permissive parenting leads to problem behavior in children. Limitation: we don"t know the causation: experimental relationship. Affection increases as grades increase (which is a positive correlation) Affection decreases as grades increase (which is a negative correlation: different types of correlation studies. Large volume of information at a short-time of period. Participants will answer only a few questions most of the time. Interview method consists of order of questions: this depends on the answering one question and moving on to next. Clinical interview: useful for gathering large information of a territorial area, disadvantages. Example is a playground, classroom: with a scheme to record actions, coding scheme, time sampling. Observing patients at continuous interval of 5 minutes for 12 times on a typical day.
