Psychology 2220A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Level Of Measurement, Interrupted Time Series, Covariance

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2220A/B
• Professor: Anthony Skelton

Document Summary

There are two roles that can come out of research methods, research producer (actually producing research) or research consumer (individuals that read research). Experience and anecdotal evidence: cannot pull to similar attributes apart when using personal experience, that is why science is more influential. Intuition: working through it, and processing it in your mind. Authority: learning from significant figures such as your professor. Science should be the right way to learn, and come up with these answers. Use of systematic empiricism: collecting data and using verifiable evidence for a basis for your conclusion, results reveal something about its underlying feature. Production of publicly verifiable knowledge: data or results that are presented to the scientific community for scrutiny, making mistakes in public, other scientists read the articles and make sure the conclusion arises from the data. Examination of empirically solvable problems: can be answered with data, can be tested, using currently available evidence and methods; this can also be falsifiable.