IB HL Psychology - Credibility

Flashcards for IB HL Paper 3 - Question 3 about credibility

The terms used for Credibility

Methodological , Data and Research triangulation

Representative Sampling

Controlled Variables

Replication

Reflexivity

Disclosure

Methodological Triangulation

Multiple Research methods to improve credibility in results

Data Triangulation

Multiple types of data to analyze

Researcher Triangulation

Multiple Researchers to analyze the data, and then only focus on the commonly observed data and discarding the obscure results

Representative Sampling

The sample of participants represent  a larger group that accurately represents the characteristics of a larger population

Controlled Variables

Ensuring that other extraneous variables are eliminated and won’t affect the results

Replication

Replicating a study you can check if the results are similar to the first study

Reflexivity

Researcher should acknowledge their own biases

Disclosure

Researcher should give the participants the results and see if they agree with what the researchers have found