PSY 290A Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Simple Random Sample, Demand Characteristics, Statistical Inference

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Psychology Main
• Course: PSY 290A
• Professor: Dana Narter

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Articulate how the roles of consumers and producers of psychological research are similar and how they are different. a. b. c. d. Consumer - anyone that uses the produced research, reading about research. Similar - both interested about the research, but at different levels. Different - one is actually doing the research, the other one doesn"t. Explain how theories and data interact to form empirical inquiry. a. b. Researcher starts out with theory, forms hypotheses, collect data, either works with theory or needs to revise theory or change measure of collecting data. Identify examples of basic and applied research and describe the interaction between the two kinds of research. a. b. c. Basic - research that you do to enhance general body of knowledge. Applied - research set up to solve a specific applied problem. Translational - basic idea and maybe applying it later to a specific problem --> pg.