PSYC 2030 Chapter 11: chapter 11 research methods.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2030
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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Sometimes summarizing a large group of individuals can fail to have __________which is the extent to which a general research result applies to the individual subjects in the study - individual subject validity. In a _________there are very few people and data is not statistically combined and there is no control group - small n design. Some of the reasons for using a small n design over large n design are - large n group contaminate individual differences and subjects with specific requirements are rare to find. In a _____________design the treatment program is evaluated twice and has the ethical advantage of finishing the experiment with treatment in place - a-b-a-b. Problems with a withdrawal design include- inappropriateness especially if the treatment involves teaching a skill and unethical if the target behavior is a harmful one. The solution for the problems encountered in withdrawal design is ___________ - multiple baseline design.