PSY 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Great Learning, Concurrent Validity, Discriminant Validity
15 Sep 2016
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Operational definitions: literature research/review, books a. i) single topic a. ii) broad audience, scientific journals b. i)collection of single studies b. ii) multiple experiments b. iii) detailed, but concise b. iv) article b. v) b. vi) survived rigors of scientific scrutiny, other scientists propose. Published after peer review alternative explanations: peer review process. Submit it to a journal c. i) complete the study, report or write an article c. ii) c. iii) editor distributes to peers (anonymous) c. iv) editorial board chooses (c. iv. 1) (c. iv. 2) (c. iv. 3) accept. Reject, with no possibility to resubmit: benefit of peer review process d. i)ensure that only high qualty work is published (d. i. 1) (d. i. 2) (d. i. 3) (d. i. 4) (d. i. 5) (d. i. 6) Supposed to be free from external interests: scientific articles, most journal articles are divided into 6 main elements. Specific (b. iii. 1) allows testing of theories (b. iii. 2) (b. iii. 3) gives research focus and direction. Formalized attempt to disconfirm ideas: hypothesis is not, vague a. i) opposite attract a. ii)
