PSY 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate, Psychopathology, Statistical Significance
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Scientific method: a systematic way of accumulating and organizing knowledge through observation, experimentation, verification, and the evaluation of hypotheses. Case studies based on individuals or small groups to obtain in-depth information, usually used for understudied or rare disorders or ideas. Observational studies observing without manipulation to gain insight. Correlational studies examine the relationship between two variables without manipulating either variable. Experimental designs control/manipulate the independent variable (iv) and how this influences the dependent variable (dv) viewed as the gold standard of research. Epidemiological studies epidemiology is the study of the frequency and distribution of a disorder, or a group of disorder, in a population. Dissemination studies actually implementing clinical interventions in the health care realm once it has been developed in the lab. Meta-analysis the pooled analysis of published results (many papers on a topic combined into one paper) This is actually due to the rise in temperature not either of the variables influencing the other)