Designs Kahoot Midterm

• What is counterbalancing?

  Altering the order of presentation to help minimise order effects.
• What are the 3 steps of data analysis?

  Data organisation, data reduction, data analysis.
• What can researchers do to maximise experimental variance?

  Increase the range of variance of the independent variable.
• Internal validity is the extent to which you can generalise the findings of a study to other situations?

  False
• 2 components of One way between groups: Random group design & blocking design
• One-way within subjects design - all participants take part in every condition
• 2 key components of experimental process: manipulation and control.
• How to we determine a cause-and-effect relationship in experimental method?

  Must be at least 2 groups to compare→ experimental group and control group.
• 7 characteristics of Experimental method:

  • manipulation
  • at least 2 experimental conditions
  • control
  • random assignment
  • Temporal sequencing: IV must come before DV
  • Non-spurious relationship: relationship between X and Y cannot occur through chance alone.
  • Eliminate alternate causes: no other intervening or unaccounted for variable that is responsible for the relationship between X and Y.
• Experimental Method steps:


  Step 1: Define your variables: you should begin with a specific research question

  Step 2: Write hypothesis

  Step 3: design experimental treatments.

  Step 4: assign subjects to treatment groups

  Step 5: measure dependent variable