Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
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Problem
Theory/hypothesis
Research design
Measurement selection/design
Select sample
Collect data/run study
Code and analyse data
Write research report
Measurement:
Can it be quantified
Quality of measures
Changes in variables
Causality:
Correlation is not causation but can show how one thing leads to another
Variables:
Validity:
Types of validity:
Reliability:
Test-re test: the measure should result in the same scores at two different
time points.
Split-half reliability: if a 10-item scale measuring self esteem was divided in
half (e.g. odd vs even questions) the two sets of 5-items should yield the
same scores.
Scales of measurement:
Qualitative vs Quantitative: