PSCH 242 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operational Definition, Predictive Validity, Discriminant
Document Summary
Ways of acquiring knowledge (tradition aka tenacity, intuition, authority, rationalism, empiricism, science) Definition for science, goals of science, scientific method. Phases of research: idea-generating, problem-definition, procedures-design, observation, data analysis, interpretation, communication. Identify different types of variables: based on function: Types of research methods and when to use each: naturalistic observation, correlational research, experimental research. Ethical principles: respect for autonomy (+ informed consent what should be in this document?, beneficence and nonmaleficence, justice, trust (informed consent, confidentiality & anonymity, scientific integrity. Dangers of fake data, inflated results, false positives. How can you prevent fraud in research? (e. g. pre-registering studies, direct replication) Types of variables (categorical, continuous), some can be either depending on how you measure it (e. g. political orientation) Types of scales (noir) and their properties. Reliability (what does perfect v. fair v. poor look like?: test-retest, inter-rater, internal consistency (example on slides = self-esteem) Validity: construct validity, convergent, discriminant, predictive validity.
