Methods Learning Approach

Note: students must be prepared to answer exam questions focused on practical work, which will include questions about the practical exercises themselves and questions about the general methodological issues that are specified for this particular unit. This will include the following requirements.

a Identify, describe and apply the following:

i validity
ii reliability
iii generalisability
iv credibility
v overt/covert
vi non participant /participant
vii qualitative
viii quantitative
ix laboratory experiment
x chi-squared (χ2) test
xi levels of measurement
xii levels of significance
xiii critical value and observed value
xiv naturalistic observations
xv ethical issues.