PSYB01H3 Study Guide - Interrupted Time Series, Time Series, Scatter Plot
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Aggregate matching: when random assignment is not possible. Identifying a comparison group that matches the treatment group in the aggregate rather than trying to match individual cases. It means finding a comparison group that has similar distributions on key variables: average age, percentage female, etc, for this design to be considered quasiexperimental a. Individuals must not have been able to choose whether to be in the treatment group or control group. Amygdala: almond shaped structure found deep in the brain that plays a key role in fusing memories with emotion, adjacent to the hippocampus. Attrition: dropout rates, can threaten sample size in longitudinal studies. Baseline: a control condition is important because it provides a baseline measure of data, baseline measure is a point of reference that treatment data can be compared to. Cohort: a group of individuals sharing a certain characteristic, e. g. age / year of high school graduation / locale.
