PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 1 Research Methods Copy
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Define the hypothesis (what is motor coordination and what do you define as. Plan experiment: two groups; one intoxicated, one not. Measure reaction time to things, such as pressing brakes. How much alcohol will they consume? make sure you have information on participants (age, bmi, make sure not pregnant, man/woman) Example: data- careful observations or numerical measurements of a phenomenon (blood alcohol level, the reactions of pressing brakes, variables- aspects of a situation that can change, or vary. )- intentionally varied by experimenter (blood alcohol level; how much alcohol you give each participant: dependent variable (d. v. )- measured as the i. v. is changed (the reaction times are dependent on each person"s blood alcohol level) Science vs. common sense: objective data collection, subjective data collection, systematic observation, hit or miss observation, reliance on evidence. Experimental designs (bottom to top in ability to determine causality by design: true experiment, quasi-experiment, correlational study, case study, surveys, surveys.
