Basic Steps:
1. Hypothesis (testable one!)
- Prediction of outcome: "if...then..." format
- How 2 variables are related
2. Design study
- What type?
- Subjects? How many? Who? How chosen?
3. Collect Data
4. Analyze data, draw conclusions
- Stats: do they support hypothesis
5. Report findings
Natural Observation
* Careful observation of behavior w/o intervening w/ the subjects
* Allows behavior to occur naturally in its natural environment
Case Study
* Studying 1 person in hella depth
Survey
* Questionairres/ interviews to gather information about specific aspects of behavior
* used to study behaviors or characteristics diffuclt to observe naturally
* Difficulties:
-lying
- response- sets
- social desirability bias
Experiment
* involve manipulation of variables and observing them
* only study to give cause and effect relationship
1. Hypothesis (testable one!)
- Prediction of outcome: "if...then..." format
- How 2 variables are related
2. Design study
- What type?
- Subjects? How many? Who? How chosen?
3. Collect Data
4. Analyze data, draw conclusions
- Stats: do they support hypothesis
5. Report findings
Natural Observation
* Careful observation of behavior w/o intervening w/ the subjects
* Allows behavior to occur naturally in its natural environment
Case Study
* Studying 1 person in hella depth
Survey
* Questionairres/ interviews to gather information about specific aspects of behavior
* used to study behaviors or characteristics diffuclt to observe naturally
* Difficulties:
-lying
- response- sets
- social desirability bias
Experiment
* involve manipulation of variables and observing them
* only study to give cause and effect relationship
Experimental Method
*poorly designed experiments will fuck up your results
Hypothesis-> Operationally Define -> (In)Dependent Variable-> control and experimental group
Dependent Variable: What is being measured?
Independent variable: What I, the experimenter, manipulates
* control groups can have same people as in experimental group
Hypothesis-> Operationally Define -> (In)Dependent Variable-> control and experimental group
Dependent Variable: What is being measured?
Independent variable: What I, the experimenter, manipulates
* control groups can have same people as in experimental group