PSYC 2001 Lecture Notes - Statistical Inference, Experimental Psychology, Clinical Psychology
19 Feb 2014
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How does scientific research proceed: who are experts in psychology, what are the steps, measurement of romantic love (rubin,1970) Why do scientists refuse to say that a theory has been proven: popper (1959, wason card selection task (1972) How does scientific research proceed: develop a research question. It requires: conceptual and methodological expertise in a highly specialized area of knowledge, access to the scientific community (written work and live contact, funding (for technology and human resources, time, embed the question in a theoretical context. Theory: it is a set of logically organized constructs that serve to explain and predict empirical phenomena. Construct: a scientific concept that is meaningful because it is part of a theoretical network. Operationalization (of theoretical constructs): to establish a clear relationship between the theoretical construct and its empirical basis in the operations producing the data (marx, 1963, p. 12): design the experiment.
