PSYC 2360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Meta-Analysis
22 Jul 2013
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Most participants who are randomly selected are college students because they are the most available. College students were studied in over 70% of the articles published between 1962 - 1964 in the journal of. College students have characteristics of late adolescence: a developing self-identity, attitudes in flux, need for peer approval, intelligent, and unstable peer relationships. Volunteers are highly educated, more in need of approval, are more social, and have a higher socioeconomic status. Researchers may use males or females (not both) because it is convenient results may not be generalizable & gender bias may be an issue. Solution is to be aware of possible gender differences and include both males and females in research. Participants in one locale may differ from participants in another locale. The presence of an interaction indicates that the result for males cannot be generalized to females.
