PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Blind Experiment, Energy Drink, Confounding
5 Oct 2013
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Starting off you will learn how to understand how scientists use the scientific method to conduct research, apply experimental design to scientifically evaluate a hypothesis. Use proper control groups and sampling techniques to improve the validity of experimental results and evaluate participant and experimenter biases in scientific research. The goal of any scientist = discover new information to understand how the world works. They can go to the field (out of the lab) to study, or use tools in-lab to study. They must find a way to collect and analyze data to produce reliable and meaningful results. Everyday life, we draw on people around us to come to conclusions such as whether to play that particular video game or which school to go to in the long run. This is based off of our friends and relatives. Scientists must use more rigorous approaches to understand research questions.
