TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints2643
UR  - http://cogprints.org/2643/
A1  - Chow, Siu L.
TI  - Methods in Psychological Research
Y1  - 2002///
N2  - Psychologists collect empirical data with various methods for different reasons. These diverse methods have their strengths as well as weaknesses. Nonetheless, it is possible to rank them in terms of different critieria. For example, the experimental method is used to obtain the least ambiguous conclusion. Hence, it is the best suited to corroborate conceptual, explanatory hypotheses. The interview method, on the other hand, gives the research participants a kind of emphatic experience that may be important to them. It is for the reason the best method to use in a clinical setting. All non-experimental methods owe their origin to the interview method. Quasi-experiments are suited for answering practical questions when ecological validity is importan
AV  - public
KW  - causation
KW  -  control
KW  -  correlation
KW  -  deduction
KW  -  experiment
KW  -  induction
KW  -  measurement
KW  -  non-experiment
KW  -  quasi-experiment
KW  -  objectivity
KW  -  prediction
KW  -  psychometrics
KW  -  random sampling distribution
KW  -  reductionism
KW  -  research design
KW  -  regression
KW  -  relativism
KW  -  reliability
KW  -  sampling
KW  -  statistics
KW  -  substantive impact
KW  -  theoretical prescription
KW  -  validity
KW  -  variables
ER  -

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