week 4 research


 Identifying Correlational and Experimental ResearchFor this exercise, visit http://psych.hanover.edu/research/exponnet.html and participate in a correlational study or an experimental study. After doing so, answer the following questions:

  • Which study did you select? (provide the title, if available and link)
  • Was there an informed consent process? If so, what was it? (We will cover informed consent fully in Week 8/Chapter 3, but let’s start thinking about it now.*)
  • Briefly explain the study that you, as a participant, were required to do for this study. 
  • Was the study experimental or correlational?
    • Which features made it experimental or correlational?
    • If the study was correlational, what were the main variables measured, and which did they think were predictor and criterion variables?
    • If the study was experimental, what were the independent and dependent variables?
  • Were any measures taken to control extraneous variables? If so, what were they?
  • Does the study seem to have external validity? Internal validity? Why or why not?
  • How could this study be changed from a correlational to an experimental study or from an experimental to a correlational study?
  • Why did the researchers use the approach they did (correlational or experimental)?

 

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