Assignment
Directions: Questions 1-3 must be answered in 175 words or more! Please reference the book for the first question.
Book Reference:Cozby, P., & Bates, S. (2014). Methods in Behavioral Research (12th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill Education.
1. Question: Why should a researcher be concerned about generalizing to other subject populations and experimenters? What are some of the research generalization problems that can occur and how can these be solved?
2. Generalizability refers to the extent to which we can apply the findings of our research to the target population we are interested in.
Question: But what I'm wondering is WHY we NEED to generalize in the first place? What is the relationship between sampling and generalization? Why is a representative sample important if we want to generalize? What makes UP a representative sample?
3. A problem that can arise from generalization would be the results obtained from different cultures the reason for this is each culture has their own beliefs and views when it comes to their particular culture. Some other issues stems from the fact most of the participants are college student, which puts a restriction on the population aspect of the research, most are first and second year student, they are either all man or all female, few will use a even ratio of both male and female (Cozby& Bates, 2015).
Question: Think back to earlier weeks in our class. What type of validity is related to generalization? Why is this type of validity important? What are more reasons we should be concerned about generalizing our studies?.
4. Name three things you have learned about research methods that you never knew before and/or that made an impact on you.
5. Thirdly, after taking this class, why do you think it is important for students to know something about research and statistics as applied to psychology? Finally, what is one question you have that remains unanswered?
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