PSYC 201W Lecture Notes - Confounding, Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 201W
• Professor: Owen Thomas

Document Summary

First day of data collection, bring 2-signed forms (proposal sheet and ethics checklist) Make sure to act professionally when collecting data. Next assignment = 7% short written assignment (creating an experiment) brief and concise. Due in 2 weeks (more information in hand out) Final exam is cumulative, but questions are weighted to the second part of the course. The case study method: little hans. Sample surveys descriptive and relational surveys: literary digest, political polls, kinsey report. Different aspects of sampling: non-probability sampling, probability sampling. Reliability: a measurement is reliable if it can be replicated with similar results. Validity: refers to the correctness or accuracy of the research process. Measuring reliability: test retest, alternate forms, internal consistency, inter-rater/inter-observer. Interviewer bias, loaded questions, ambiguous or poorly worded questions. In this discipline, language plays a huge role. We have to be clear and concise with our language and consistent with our language.