Designing and conducting experiments, including field and laboratory experiments.
Independent and dependent variables.
Experimental and null hypotheses.
Directional (one-tailed) and non-directional (two-tailed) tests and hypotheses.
Experimental and research designs: repeated measures, independent groups and matched pairs, the issues with each and possible controls.
Operationalisation of variables, extraneous variables and confounding variables.
The use of control groups, counterbalancing, randomisation and order effects.
Situational and participant variables.
Objectivity, reliability and validity (internal, predictive and ecological).
Experimenter effects, demand characteristics and control issues.
List A from Topic A.
(List B) Decision making and interpretation of inferential statistics
Levels of measurement.
Wilcoxon signed ranks test of difference (also covering Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (formula) and Spearman's rank (critical values table) and Chi-squared distribution once Unit 2 has been covered).
Probability and levels of significance (p≤.10 p≤.05 p≤.01).
Observed and critical values, and sense checking of data.
One- or two-tailed regarding inferential testing.
Type I and type II errors.
Case studies of brain-damaged patients related to research into memory, including the case of Henry Molaison (HM).