PSYCH102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Random Assignment, American Psychological Association
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Data structure 1: one group with one or more. Separate variables measured for each individual: one (or more) variables measured per individual variable/s is/are described by descriptive statistics, may use category and/or numerical variables. Descriptive research: or the descriptive research strategy, involves measuring one or more separate variables for each individual with the intent of simply describing the individual variables. Survey research a useful way of obtaining data about people"s opinions, attitudes, preferences, and experiences that are hard to observe directly; data may be obtained using questionnaires and interviews. Relationship between variables two (or more) variables observed and measured: one of two possible data structures used to determine what type of relationship exists. Data structure 2: one group with two variable. Measured for each individual: one group of participants, measurement of two variables for each participant goal is to describe the type and magnitude of the relationship, patterns in the data reveal relationships, non-experimental method of study.
