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4 Types of Descriptive method Data, and pros and cons
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L-data: life history/case studyP: rich source of hypothesis, rare behavioursC: observer bias, can't generalize, can reconstruct
O-data: observer reportParents, friends, trained observersP: spontaneous behaviors, not reliant on self reportC: researcher interference, rare behavious, bias and selective attention, time consuming/difficultT-data: testquestionnaire, experimental, physiological, projectiveP: easy to replicate analyze and collect, unobservable characteristicsC: need validityS-data: self reportP: easy, directC: unrepresentative, biased |
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Reliability
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How repeatable are the results?Inter raterTest retestInternal consistency reliability
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Validity
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Facepredictive/criterionconvergentdiscriminantconstruct
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Generalizability
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Across groups of peopledifferent conditions(high generalizability if apply widely to different persons, situations, cultures, and times)
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Research designs
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Experimental methodscorrolationalcase study
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