CAS PS 261 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fidel Castro, Meta-Analysis, Situation Awareness
6 Dec 2017
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A scientific study of how people think/influence and relate to each other. It is the study of an individual in a social situation/setting. Everyone in your target population has an equal chance of being in your study. Survey procedure in which each person in the population has an equal chance of inclusion. Everyone in your sample has an equal chance of being in your study. The process of assigning participants to the conditions of an experiment such that all persons have the same chance of being in a given condition. Descriptive methods: measures what is there, without any manipulation or hindrance, descriptive research cannot make predictions or determine causality. +1 (positive correlation- variables going in the same direction: cannot imply causation because of the directionality problem (which variable caused which one) and the third variable problem (confounding variables, e. g. Demands characteristics- cues in an experiment that seem to demands certain behaviors (expectations)
