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Investigating Methods, chapter 2, week 8
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- 1UniversalismThe assumption that phenomena observed in a study can be generalised to other contexts
- 2SampleSubset of the population of interest that is studied in a piece of research.
- 3SamplingThe process of selecting participants for a study.
- 4Sampling errorRefers to the fact that any sample, however chosen, is unlikely to represent exactly the population from which it was drawn.
- 5ReplicationWhen a result from a research study is found again in a subsequent study. Replication is important to establishing the reliability of a finding.
- 6Cycle of enquiryThe way in which the questions that research addresses are often derived from theories or explanations and the finding of that research then generate new questions or refinements to theory or explanation.
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- BSc DE100 Investigating Psychology (Investigating Methods) FlashCards sobre Investigating Methods, chapter 2, week 8, criado por Anneliese Shaw em 31-10-2016.
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