Research Methods Final Exam Review 1) What sets an experiment aside from the rest? -random assignment -manipulation -controlling for confounds -causal relationship 2) independent variable: variable that gets manipulated/controlled. 3) within subject: everybody gets exposed to all levels (treatment); experiment with a few individuals; Designed to study “laws” of behavior; Historically significant 4) between subjects: diff groups assigned to diff levels (control) 5) order
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In order to develop the “right strategy” to succeed in business‚ managers must make the right decisions; and in order to make the right decisions‚ they must have objective‚ accurate‚ and timely : E. information about market trends and changes. Andrea Livingston arrives at her desk at western utility corporation‚ a provider of electrical power. she accesses her lexis-nexis comp program‚ which provides her with articles containing information related to utilities industry. she discovers.....Andrea
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hypotheses or answer the research questions posed” (p. 140). b. Experimental and ex post facto research designs In an experimental research design‚ the research attempts to control and or manipulate the variables in the study. It is most appropriate when the wish is to discover whether certain variables produce effects in other
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researcher manipulates the independent variable by introducing a treatment or intervention); control (including use of a control group that is not given the intervention and represents the comparative counterfactual); and randomization or random assignment (with people allocated to experimental and control groups at random to form groups that are comparable at the outset). P. 232 3. Factorial: (p.214) experimental designs in which two or more independent variables are simultaneously manipulated‚ permitting
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Case Study A case study is an in-depth study of one subject/participant or a small group of subjects/participants‚ often carried out over an extended period of time (longitudinally). Within the case study method a number of different data-gathering techniques can be used. For example‚ recorded interviews‚ case notes (of therapeutic interviews‚ for example)‚ observation‚ as in the ape language study‚ and psychometric tests‚ which come up in the study The Three Faces of Eve. The strengths of the
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whether certain variables produce effects in other variables” (Cooper and Schindler‚ 2011 p. 141). “Ex post facto research design can only report what has happened or what is happening” (Cooper and Schindler‚ 2011 p. 141). c Descriptive and causal studies. Descriptive is finding out who‚ what‚ when‚ where or how much? Casual-explanatory is finding out why/how a variable causes change in another variable. “A causal-predictive study attempts to predict an effect on one variable by manipulating
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Scientific Method METHODOLOGY Social Psychology: An Empirical Science Hypothesis A hypothesis is a specific prediction about how one variable is related to another. Must be falsifiable. Must be operationally defined. Stated in observable‚ measurable terms. Allows for replication. Types of Research Strategies The Observational Method: Describing Social Behavior Researchers measure and record observable behavior of participants as it occurs in its natural state or habitat. Can obtain
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Bread Mold Experiment By: Stephanie Westover PURPOSE The purpose of this experiment will be to determine how temperature affects the growth of mold on wheat bread. The researchers choose this topic because she thinks it will be beneficial to find a way to keep food from molding. Determining how long bread can be stored before molding can help save money‚ prevent illness and preserve freshness. The question the researcher will attempt to answer is how freezing
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Cognitive Completed Define the term memory Describe the multi-store model of memory Outline the concepts capacity‚ duration and encoding Describe and evaluate the evidence upon which the model is based Describe how these concepts are measured Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the multi-store model Describe the working memory model Describe and evaluate the evidence on which the working memory model is based Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the model Describe various
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>cases A GEM of a Study >Abstract In periods of economic downturn‚ government leaders try to stimulate entrepreneurship activity. Project directors of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor‚ partnered with the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership of Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation‚ the London School of Business and Babson College‚designed a research study to add insight to what activities would be most likely to stimulate entreprenship activities. >The Scenario What government policies and
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