AQA Psychology (A-Level) - Research
Methods (Year 2) - Key Terms 2024/2025
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Coding - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The process of placing quantitative or qualitative data in
categories
Content analysis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A kind of observational study in which
behaviour is usually observed indirectly in visual, written or verbal material.
May involve either qualitative or quantitative analysis, or both
Thematic analysis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A technique used when analysing qualitative
data. Themes or categories are identified and then data is organised according
to these themes
Case study - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A research method that involves a detailed study of a
single individual, institution it event. Case studies provide a rich record of
human experience but are hard to generalise from
Inter observer reliability - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The extent to which there is agreement
between two or more observers involved in observations of a behaviour
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, Reliability - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Is consistency - the consistency of measurements?
We would expect any measurement to produce the same data if taken in
successive occasions
Test - retest reliability - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The same test or interview is given to the
same participants on two occasions to see if the same results are obtained
Concurrent validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A means of assessing validity by comparing
an existing test or questionnaire with the one you are interested in
Ecological validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The ability to generalise research effect
beyond the particular setting in which it is demonstrated to other settings
Face validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The extent to which test items look like what the
test claims to measure
Mundane realism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to how a study mirrors the real world.
The research environment is realistic to the degree to which experiences
encountered in the research environment will occur in the real world
Temporal validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Concerning the ability to generalise a research
effect beyond the particular time period of the study
Validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to whether an observed effect is a genuine one
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Methods (Year 2) - Key Terms 2024/2025
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Answers | Latest Update
Coding - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The process of placing quantitative or qualitative data in
categories
Content analysis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A kind of observational study in which
behaviour is usually observed indirectly in visual, written or verbal material.
May involve either qualitative or quantitative analysis, or both
Thematic analysis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A technique used when analysing qualitative
data. Themes or categories are identified and then data is organised according
to these themes
Case study - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A research method that involves a detailed study of a
single individual, institution it event. Case studies provide a rich record of
human experience but are hard to generalise from
Inter observer reliability - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The extent to which there is agreement
between two or more observers involved in observations of a behaviour
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, Reliability - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Is consistency - the consistency of measurements?
We would expect any measurement to produce the same data if taken in
successive occasions
Test - retest reliability - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The same test or interview is given to the
same participants on two occasions to see if the same results are obtained
Concurrent validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A means of assessing validity by comparing
an existing test or questionnaire with the one you are interested in
Ecological validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The ability to generalise research effect
beyond the particular setting in which it is demonstrated to other settings
Face validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The extent to which test items look like what the
test claims to measure
Mundane realism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to how a study mirrors the real world.
The research environment is realistic to the degree to which experiences
encountered in the research environment will occur in the real world
Temporal validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Concerning the ability to generalise a research
effect beyond the particular time period of the study
Validity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to whether an observed effect is a genuine one
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