Headline #1: “Study suggests attending religious services sharply cuts risk of death”
This headline is Correlational
The participants who attended religious services tended to get sick less.
Headline #2: “Eating Fatty Fish Lowers Risk of Dementia”
This headline is causal
Because of fatty oils eating fish lowers the risk of stroke. They directly lower the chance of a stroke.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Research Methods
Name: Reid Jordan
Go to: http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/workshops/resch_wrk.html
Go to: Research Methods.
Go to: Survey
1. Explain why do psychologists use surveys. They might want to know about an aspect of behavior that is private and not usually shared with others.
2. Identify and define the 3 types of questions used for surveys. Close-ended questions: all possible responses are included and the participant marks the one that most applies to his or her circumstances. Partially closed: There is room for the participant to fill in an answer that is not there. Open-ended: Participants are free to respond in there own words.
3. Answer the question posed on slide 7. 1.M 2.15 3.No 4.Yes 5.No 6. Yes 7.Yes 8.Hunting4 Personal Protection5 Shooting Sports4 Other1 9.Yes 10. (A.7 B. 7 C.7) 11. 1 12.IT would be bad. IT would not deter the people who shouldn’t have guns, criminals, from getting guns. It would just fuel a black market for stolen guns.
4. Determine why a representative sample is necessary for our survey development. We can’t survey everyone so we need to survey a group that is similar to the whole population.
5. Explain the type of sampling method will we use for our survey. We will be using a face-to-face interview format. We will ask the participant a question and record their reply.
Go to:
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/psychology/research-methods.html
Go to: Research Methods
Go to: Choosing Participants – Sampling.
Go to: Relationship between Researchers and Participants.
1. Explain researcher effects. Researcher effects can change the behavior of the participants. For example: a tone of voice can push the participant into responding in the way that the researcher wants him to.
2. Explain the ways used to minimize these effects in research. The purpose of the investigation can be disguised. Single-blind and double-blind experiments are set up.
Go to: Correlations
1. Define positive correlation: both variables either increase at the same time or decrease at the same time.
2. Define negative correlation: the variables move in opposite directions.
Go to: Questionnaires & Interviews.
1. List the strengths and weaknesses of using surveys. Strengths: large participant volume, large amounts of data, can specifically show changes in behavior and attitudes before and after specific events. Weaknesses: people say what they think looks good, people lie, possible low response rate.
2. Determine how we will use quantitative or qualitative data analysis. (Justify your rationale.)
We will use quantitative data analysis. We need to gather the percentages of what people do what. i.e. 50%said yes, 50% said no.
Go to: Data Analysis & Presentations.
1. State the type of graph or chart will work best for our survey purposes.
Histograms.
Go to: http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/workshops/resch_wrk.html
Go to: Research Methods.
Go to: Survey
1. Explain why do psychologists use surveys. They might want to know about an aspect of behavior that is private and not usually shared with others.
2. Identify and define the 3 types of questions used for surveys. Close-ended questions: all possible responses are included and the participant marks the one that most applies to his or her circumstances. Partially closed: There is room for the participant to fill in an answer that is not there. Open-ended: Participants are free to respond in there own words.
3. Answer the question posed on slide 7. 1.M 2.15 3.No 4.Yes 5.No 6. Yes 7.Yes 8.Hunting4 Personal Protection5 Shooting Sports4 Other1 9.Yes 10. (A.7 B. 7 C.7) 11. 1 12.IT would be bad. IT would not deter the people who shouldn’t have guns, criminals, from getting guns. It would just fuel a black market for stolen guns.
4. Determine why a representative sample is necessary for our survey development. We can’t survey everyone so we need to survey a group that is similar to the whole population.
5. Explain the type of sampling method will we use for our survey. We will be using a face-to-face interview format. We will ask the participant a question and record their reply.
Go to:
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/psychology/research-methods.html
Go to: Research Methods
Go to: Choosing Participants – Sampling.
Go to: Relationship between Researchers and Participants.
1. Explain researcher effects. Researcher effects can change the behavior of the participants. For example: a tone of voice can push the participant into responding in the way that the researcher wants him to.
2. Explain the ways used to minimize these effects in research. The purpose of the investigation can be disguised. Single-blind and double-blind experiments are set up.
Go to: Correlations
1. Define positive correlation: both variables either increase at the same time or decrease at the same time.
2. Define negative correlation: the variables move in opposite directions.
Go to: Questionnaires & Interviews.
1. List the strengths and weaknesses of using surveys. Strengths: large participant volume, large amounts of data, can specifically show changes in behavior and attitudes before and after specific events. Weaknesses: people say what they think looks good, people lie, possible low response rate.
2. Determine how we will use quantitative or qualitative data analysis. (Justify your rationale.)
We will use quantitative data analysis. We need to gather the percentages of what people do what. i.e. 50%said yes, 50% said no.
Go to: Data Analysis & Presentations.
1. State the type of graph or chart will work best for our survey purposes.
Histograms.
Monday, August 16, 2010
So this is whats up with the eportfolio.
I think that the electronic portfolio idea is pretty decent. I can see that it saves paper which is crucial with our sorry budget this year. A plus for me is that it utilizes electronic resources that are commonly available. i.e. A new-fangled thing called the internet. There is no limit to the amount of space we can fill up with writing online.
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