Research methods key terms

experiments

experiments names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Explain the experimental method, including laboratory, field, natural and quasi-experiments.".

Explain

Explain is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

observational

observational names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Explain observational techniques, including naturalistic, controlled, covert, overt, participant and non-participant observation.".

techniques

techniques is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

questionnaires

questionnaires names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Explain self-report techniques, including questionnaires and structured or unstructured interviews.".

interviews

interviews is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

experiments

experiments names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Explain correlations and distinguish correlations from experiments.".

correlations

correlations is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

research methods

research methods names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Explain content analysis and case studies as research methods.".

content analysis

content analysis is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

distinguish

distinguish names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Distinguish aims from hypotheses and directional from non-directional hypotheses.".

aims

aims is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

methods

methods names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Explain sampling methods, including random, systematic, stratified, opportunity and volunteer sampling, and their implications for bias and generalisation.".

including

including is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

experimental

experimental names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Explain experimental design, observational design, questionnaire construction, interview design, pilot studies, control, standardisation, ethical issues, reliability and validity.".

design

design is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

peer review

peer review names a core Psychology idea in Scientific processes. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Explain features of science, including objectivity, replication, theory construction, hypothesis testing, peer review and the implications of psychological research for the economy.".

Explain

Explain is an evidence-aware term for Scientific processes. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

qualitative data

qualitative data names a core Psychology idea in Data handling and analysis. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Distinguish quantitative and qualitative data and their collection techniques.".

Distinguish

Distinguish is an evidence-aware term for Data handling and analysis. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

primary data

primary data names a core Psychology idea in Data handling and analysis. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Distinguish primary data from secondary data, including meta-analysis.".

secondary data

secondary data is an evidence-aware term for Data handling and analysis. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

mean

mean names a core Psychology idea in Data handling and analysis. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Calculate and interpret measures of central tendency, including mean, median and mode.".

median

median is an evidence-aware term for Data handling and analysis. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

standard deviation

standard deviation names a core Psychology idea in Data handling and analysis. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Calculate and interpret measures of dispersion, including range and standard deviation.".

Calculate

Calculate is an evidence-aware term for Data handling and analysis. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

correlation

correlation names a core Psychology idea in Data handling and analysis. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Calculate percentages and interpret positive, negative and zero correlations.".

Calculate

Calculate is an evidence-aware term for Data handling and analysis. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.

quantitative data

quantitative data names a core Psychology idea in Data handling and analysis. Use it for AO1 by defining the concept accurately before linking it to "Present quantitative data using graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar charts and histograms.".

Present

Present is an evidence-aware term for Data handling and analysis. When it appears in an answer, explain what the study, method or data shows because that is what turns recall into analysis.