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Assignment: Research Methods & Statistics in Psychology

Chapter 10

A. Identify two reasons why it might be important to conduct experiments in natural environments.

B. Explain how laboratory experiments and those conducted in natural environments. They differ in terms of control, external validity, goals, and consequences.

C. Describe the three distinguishing characteristics of true experiments and identify what can be said about the independent variable based on these characteristics.

D. What obstacles do researchers have to overcome when trying to carry out experiments in natural environments?

E. Identify two procedures that allow investigators to randomly assign participants to conditions while giving all participants access to treatment experimental.

Chapter 12

A. What does it mean to say that the results of a statistical test are "statistically" Significant"?

B. What is the difference between Type I and Type II errors?

C. What three factors determine the power of a statistical test?

D. Why is a repeated measures design likely to be more sensitive than a repeater design random groups?

Textbook: Libro: Shaughnessy, J J., Zechmeister, E.B., & Zechmeister, J.S. (2015). Research methods in psychology (10th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.