Psychology 2080A/B Lecture : RM lecture #6, nov 3 - archival research-1.doc

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2080A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Research methods 2800e november 03 lecture notes. Descriptive and corrrelational methods 2: archival research and case studies . We like to record information. newspaper records birth and death records school and employment records record of credit card purchases government records national census; police & court records: e. g. o. j. Simpson"s trial attitude and opinion polls (e. g. , gallup polls dating back to 1930s) health records (health canada, hospital records, grave stones: many more records. The study of them is called archival research: archives are similar to physical trace measures (what"s left behind after behaviour occurs). But : not specifically collected to answer research questions (it could be collected, someone other than the researchers recorded the data. for research but not collected for your research question) *many of the classic archival studies involve sports teams. Wizard of oz (good witch = white, wicked witch = black), star. Wars (darth vader black, influenced by the dark side of the.