Research Methods Info For Survey

Name: Bianca Unigwe


Go to: http://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/workshops/resch_wrk.html

Go to: Research Methods.

Go to: Survey

1. Explain why psychologists use surveys.

Surveys are a widely used method to gather scientific information about how people feel about a particular issue. They are useful for identifying relationships between sets of beliefs and perhaps giving hints to cause and effect relationships. Surveys can also dispel myths about how people feel about a popular topic.

2. Identify and define the 3 types of? s used for surveys.

There are close-ended, partially closed, open-ended questions.

3. Answer the question posed on slide 7.

? # 8 is partially closed; participant as a victim and someone close as a victim; allows a wide range of responses and unique perspectives.

4. Determine why a representative sample is necessary for our survey development.

Sampling methods are a crucial part of survey work. You can't test everyone in the population because most populations are too big. Therefore, you select a sample and you hope that the smaller group of people is similar to the larger population.

5. Explain the type of sampling method will we use for our survey.

Haphazard, Purposive, Convenience, Probability, Systematic, Random, Stratified random,



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http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/psychology/research-methods.html

Go to: Research Methods

Go to: Choosing Participants – Sampling.

Go to: Relationship between Researchers and Participants.

1. Explain researcher effects.

Researcher can affect the behaviour of the participants, thus affecting the results of the study.

2. Explain the ways used to minimize these effects in research.

There are several things a researcher can do such as disguise the purpose of the investigation, the single blind design, or the double blind design.

Go to: Correlations

1. Define positive correlation.

If both variables increase together, this is a positive correlation.

2. Define negative correlation.

If one variable increases as other decreases this is a negative correlation.

Go to: Questionnaires & Interviews.

1. List the strengths and weaknesses of using surveys.

Strengths: Many people can be tested quickly. It is easy to generate quantitative data and easy to analyze, used to collect large amounts of data about what people think as well as what they do, can quickly show changes in attitudes or behavior before and after specific events. Weaknesses: People may not tell the truth, especially on sensitive issues, for example, sexual behavior, if researcher is present then this may affect answers. Also, postal surveys may have low response rate.

2. Determine how we will use quantitative or qualitative data analysis. (Justify your rationale.)

Quantitative research: Gathers data in numerical form and is concerned with making 'scientific' measurements. Quantitative data analysis uses a barrage of inferential statistical tests. Qualitative research: Gathers information that is not in numerical form. For example, diary accounts, open-ended questionnaires, unstructured interviews and unstructured observations.



Go to: Data Analysis & Presentations.

1. State the type of graph or chart will work best for our survey purposes.

Bar graph, histogram, and frequency polygons.