PSY 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dependent And Independent Variables, Likert Scale, Inter-Rater Reliability
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You will have a 40-point midterm on 10/20 at 9am. This will consist of multiple choice (bring a #2 pencil) and a couple essay questions that should be about a paragraph long each. As you are studying, remember that you need to be able to define and apply the concepts from class. I would suggest revisiting your textbook, looking back over your notes and the slides i"(cid:448)e posted, coming up with your own examples, and using your old quiz study guides as references, too. Chapter 1: the science of psychology: why are research methods important, they provide criteria for valid research, provide a means in which to evaluate research against a standard, four ways of knowing. We tend to measure things that are more stable (personality), but are also interested in unstable (mood): test retest compare scores from same participants at multiple time points, compute correlations for different days use statistics.
