PSYC334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Psychopathology, Critical Thinking, Internal Validity
22 Sep 2016
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Might want to examine a rare phenomenon (ex: a patient comes in not showing common symptoms of a common disease) Might be used to generate hypothesis on a larger study. Allows practitioners to be involved in the research process. Reasons why someone might conduct a case study. Cant take info from one individual and generalize findings to general population. Reasons why someone might conduct a single case design. Experiemntal studies/ controlled group designs: randomized clinical trials (rcts) Types of inferences that can be made based on results of studies. Factors affecting value of findings of experimental studies. Statistical vs. clinical significance: statistical significance: could be a function of sample size, clinical significance. Placebo control refers to the control group receiving the inactive treatment. Extent to which the study design allows conclusion that the iv caused the dv. Increasing experimental control increases internal validity efficacy studies. Ability to generalize findings to various groups of people and situation or environments.
