PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: List Of Fables Characters

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

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Empirical research (conduct study to test hypothesis: if ndings do not support hypothesis, con dence in theory decreases, revise, re ne the theory, and start with theory again, or discard the theory, if ndings support hypothesis, con dence in theory increases. Operational definition (have to de ne terms very speci cally so that if researchers would like to replicate your study they would know what you mean) **pilot study (a way to determine if there are problems or aws and determined if you are able to x it before you conduct a research)** Population vs sample: sample must be representative of the population in order to generalize your ndings, the larger the sample the ore closely it approximates your population.