PSYCH 2C03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Random Assignment, Meta-Analysis, Safe Sex
13 Sep 2018
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Vancouver residents sampled: the trick is to predict what will happen in an experiment before you know how it turns out. Formulating hypotheses and theories: science is a cumulative process, theory: an organized set of principles that can be used to explain observed phenomenon, hypothesis: a testable statement or idea about the relationship between two or more variables. 2. 2 research designs: three types of research method: the observational method, the correlational method, and the experimental method, each of the methods has its pros and cons. The observational method: observational method: the technique whereby a researcher observes people and systematically records measurement of their behavior, this method varies according to the degree to which the observer actively participates in the scene. It is extremely important for researchers to clearly define the behaviors of interest because depending on the situation and the people of interest, the same word can have very different definitions.
