PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Observer-Expectancy Effect, Sampling Bias, Confounding

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

The following are lecture notes covering different research strategies and statistics, that were taken by a ta in my lecture class. If you have any questions pertaining to these notes, please contact your own ta directly. Today we will begin our discussion of research methods. Every method has its advantages and disadvantages - no one method is superior to the others (1) the survey method. Consists of written questions to determine people s attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. Advantages: quick, efficient, cheap, anonymous (you don t have to put your name on there) Before administering your survey, you should do a pilot study (a small practice trial) to make sure there aren t any problems. At this time you can get feedback and address any issues. You don t want to hand out questionnaires to 3000 people only to find problems afterward.