PSYC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Random Assignment, Covariate, Experiment

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2070
• Professor: Harjinder Gill

Document Summary

Formal organization: one the exists explicitly stated purpose and that purpose is often stated in writing. Exhibit continuity over time. informal organizations: one in which the purpose is typically less explicit than for a formal organization. Quasi experiment: similar to true experiment but cannot select participants or manipulate anything or randomly assign. Happens in organizational settings covariate: age of people in one group is higher than in the other; age can be measured and statistically controlled when comparing the groups age is used as a covariate computer simulations/conceptual modeling. Methods of data collection in more recent years. Often used in statistically oriented research studies. A researcher would create simulated data that varied with respect to the statistical data that varied with respect to the statistical assumptions and observe the impact of those violations. Involves the development of mathematical models of some aspect of human behaviour.