PSY 3213C Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Facilitated Communication, Behavioural Sciences, Systematic Chaos
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Research methods lecture exam 1: research on facilitated communication, a facilitator guides autistic children to type what they want to say, montee et al (1995) showed child and facilitator different pictures to communicate. Lecture 3: variable: something that can have multiple values (ex: temp, height, reaction time, measured variable (dependent variable): scientist must learn the value(s) of the variable by measuring it. Can be graphed using histograms or pie charts: association claims claim that the values of two variables can be used to predict each other with accuracy above change. Always about more than one variable and variables are measured. Can be graphed using scatter or circle plots: can be said: accounts for variance , explains variance , covary , Correlated , related : causal claims one variable causes a change in another variable. Always have more than one variable, but one variable is measured and the other is manipulated. Need covariance, temporal precedence, alternative explanations ruled out.
