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Research Methods
ERMA Quiz 2, (How to design and evaluate basic methods in research)
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Psychology
Graduate
10/22/2013

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Term
4 Scale types
Definition
Nominal-assign number to different
categories
Ordinal-data is ordered in some way, no
way to judge distance between groups
Interval-distances between items on
scale are equal
Ratio-Interval with exact zero point
Term
Nominal
Definition
Assign number to different
categories
Gender
Term
Ordinal
Definition
Data is ordered in some way, no
way to judge distance between groups
Position in a race
Term
Interval
Definition
Distances between items on
scale are equal
Temperature
Term
Ratio
Definition
Interval with exact zero point
Money
Term
3 types of validity
Definition
Content-related Validity: content of
the instrument
Criterion-related Validity:
Relationship between scores
Construct-related Validity:
nature of what is being measured
Term
Content-related Validity
Definition
content of the instrument
Term
Criterion-related Validity
Definition
Relationship between scores
Term
Construct-related Validity
Definition
nature of what is being measured
Term
Type 1 Error
Definition
Fails to reject null hypothesis
King says prince is his son when it isn't
Term
Type 2 Error
Definition
Rejects valid null hypothesis
Kings brother says prince isn't his son when he is
Term
Descriptive statistics
Definition
Describe the sample
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