PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Standard Deviation, Observer-Expectancy Effect, Statistical Inference
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To be testable, scienti c hypotheses must be formulated precisely, and the variables under study must be clearly de ned. The research method depends on the nature of the question under study. The various methods-experiments, case studies, surveys-each have advantages and disadvantages, so the researcher has to consider them and select the strategy that is most appropriate. Researchers use statistics to analyze their data: step 5: report the findings scienti c progress can only be achieved if the researches share their. Ndings with one another and with the general public. Researches prepare a report that is delivered at a scienti c meeting and submitted to a journal for publication: there are 2 advantages of the scienti c approach. It is sometimes advantageous to use only one group of subjects who serve as their own control group. It is possible to manipulate more than one independent variable in a single experiment.
