Protection of names and other pieces of information that can identify participants;

researchers do not ask participants to reveal information that would aid the researcher in identifying participants' individual data

Protection of the well-being of participants;

the researcher must meet the obligation to maximize possible benefits while minimizing possible harms

Someone who pretends to also be participating in the research project but is really helping the researcher;

a deceptive practice used when the researcher needs to create a certain type of interaction context

or 

a certain type of interaction

to which an unknowing participant responds

protection of research participant

any information the participant provides is controlled in such a way that others do not have access to it

Interaction between researcher and participants immediately following the research activity;

research explains the purpose of the study & expected findings; any information withheld from participants is disclosed at this time

Situation where researcher purposely misleads participants;

should be used only if

there is no other way to collect data

& 

if the deception does not harm participants

University committee that uses a formal process for considering the soundness and reasonableness of research proposals;

known as

Institutional Review Board

University committee charged with the formal process of considering the soundness and reasonableness of research proposals

also known as human subjects review committee

issue of fairness in conducting research;

addresses who should receive the benefits of research and who should bear its burdens

Two separate principles--

1) treating individuals as capable of making decisions

2) protecting those who are not capable of making their own decisions

Research design in which participants are randomly selected and

the researcher controls the treatment or the manipulation of the independent variable by

randomly assigning participants to treatment or control groups

Cross-sectional design

also called

correlational, descriptive, or non-experimental

Type of research design in which a researcher lacks direct control over variation in the independent variables and temporal control of variables;

participants are not randomly assigned to conditions

--also called

correlational, descriptive, or non-experimental

Research design used to determine causation;

the recording of observations made by defined procedures and defined conditions

researcher must have control over manipulation of independent variables and random assignment of participants to conditions

Type of ANOVA design based on 

2 or more categorical independent variables, each with at least two levels;

allows researcher to test for the effects of each IV and the interaction effect on the continuous level dependent variable

Quasi-experimental design

is like an experiment in that researcher controls the manipulation of the IV and random assignment.

The research environment is realistic and natural, so the researcher lacks the degree of control found in classical experiments

Simple influence of independent variable on the dependent variable;

this influence of one IV is examined without considering the influence of other IV's.

Type of research design in which a researcher lacks direct control over variation in the IV and temporal order of variables; participants are not randomly assigned to conditions;

also called correlational, descriptive or cross-sectional

Type of research design in which participants are assigned to treatment or control groups;

the simple comparison between groups allows a researcher to conclude that any significant differences are due to the fact that the treatment group received some stimulous that the control group did not

Type of research design in which

the DV is measured before the treatment group is exposed to the stimuli; after the stimulus is given, the DV is measured again in exaxactly the same way with the same participants

quasi-experiment

(natural experiment)

Research design in which variation in the IV is natural, or not manipulated by the researcher; participants are not assigned randomly to treatment and control groups;

also known as a natural experiment

1) Conceptualize study & design research questions

2) Design interviews & questions

3) Conduct interviews

4) Transcribe interviews

5) Analyze interview data

6) Verify

7) Report (publish) description and analysis

Interviews are producing essentially the same data

or

the RQ has been answered

debrief the participant

by

summarizing main points

ask if he / she has questions

thank the person

shut off recorder

Qualitative research method;

a facilitator-led group discussion used for collecting data from a group of participants about a particular topic in a limited amount of time

(generally 5-10 people)

aka a focus group schedule

a question or topic guide used to facilitate a focus group; usually structured as a funnel from broad to more specific questions or topics