HHP 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Empirical Research, Observational Error, Scientific Method
21 Feb 2018
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Approaches to knowledge and sport psychology research (1/18) Hearing how things are and following orders from higher ups. Observation, and seeing what"s out there in the world. A systematic error in data collection, analysis, interpretation that prevents inequality. Ex. ) sampling or testing methods that purposefully or inadvertently encourage one outcome over others. The data represents what they are supposed to represent. Whether the results can be attributed to the independent variable. Indicates whether the rules of the scientific method were closely followed (systematic, controlled, empirical, critical) Whether the findings are generalizable to the real world or an artifact of the experimental setting. A trait or characteristic with two or more categories. There must be a category for every participant. Presumed cause of something, comes first in time sequence. Explains a concept in terms of the observable procedures used to produce and measure it; systematic way of defining the variable of interest. Using gpa to determine/measure how intelligent someone is.
