Psychology 2660A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dependent And Independent Variables, Smoking Cessation, Meta-Analysis
27 Feb 2013
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Research a formal process by which knowledge is produced and understood. Generalizability the extent to which conclusions drawn from one research study spread or apply to a larger population. Description picture of a state of events; researchers may describe levels of job satisfaction, productivity, employees who are quitting throughout the year. Prediction researchers try to predict which employees will be productive, which ones are likely to quit, and which will be dissatisfied; information is used to select applicants who will be better employees. Explanatory why events occur when they do, tries to find causes. Statement of the problem: problems arise from existing knowledge such as experience with the problem, personal intuition, or theory, theory a statement that proposes to explain relationships among phenomena of interest. Primary research method provides an original or principle source of data that bears on a particular research question. 4 types: laboratory experiment conducted and contrived settings as opposed to naturally occurring organizational settings.
