RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLES IN PSYCHOLOGY
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The notes from an experiment
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The results from an experiment
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The population in a study
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The errors occurred in the experiment
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Detailed explanation-1: -A population is the entire group that you want to draw conclusions about. A sample is the specific group that you will collect data from. The size of the sample is always less than the total size of the population. In research, a population doesn’t always refer to people.
Detailed explanation-2: -The study population is the subset of the target population available for study (e.g. schizophrenics in the researcher’s town). The study sample is the sample chosen from the study population.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Psychology, a sampling method is the way in which the researcher obtains the participants who will take part in their research. A sample is always drawn from the researcher’s ‘target population.
Detailed explanation-4: -The sample of a study is the group of subjects in the study. Sampling is the process whereby a researcher chooses his or her sample.
Detailed explanation-5: -Four common sampling methods used in Psychology are convenience sampling, self-selected sampling, snowball sampling, and random sampling.