PSYB01H3 Chapter 4: Chapter 4
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Choosing the right design for the job there is no best design. Non experimental research what who how much how often . E. g. assigns participants to the different experimental conditions. Variable that we cannot manipulate e. g. gender! We treat them as independent but we actually don"t manipulate them lol. Designs where we cannot manipulate the iv. In some cases these studies involve treatments, but compare treatments between pre existing groups, or allow participants to select their treatment. E. g. understand the difference between the games boys and girls play. For the treatment, we use gender to create groups but we cannot manipulate who is a boy and who is a girl (pre existing group) Regardless of the design you choose, you will need to make decisions concerning how you will measure your variables and recruit participants for your study. Self report involves directly asking participants to express how they feel or what they think about a particular topic.