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  2. Psychological statistics - Wikipedia

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    Psychological statistics is application of formulas, theorems, numbers and laws to psychology. Statistical methods for psychology include development and application statistical theory and methods for modeling psychological data. These methods include psychometrics, factor analysis, experimental designs, and Bayesian statistics. The article ...

  3. List of psychological research methods - Wikipedia

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    A wide range of research methods are used in psychology. These methods vary by the sources from which information is obtained, how that information is sampled, and the types of instruments that are used in data collection. Methods also vary by whether they collect qualitative data, quantitative data or both.

  4. Psychological research - Wikipedia

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    Psychologists use many research methods, and categorical distinctions of these methods have emerged. Methods can be categorized by the kind of data they produce: qualitative or quantitative—and both these are used for pure or applied research. Psychology tends to be eclectic, applying knowledge from other fields

  5. Data collection - Wikipedia

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    Data collection or data gathering is the process of gathering and measuring information on targeted variables in an established system, which then enables one to answer relevant questions and evaluate outcomes. Data collection is a research component in all study fields, including physical and social sciences, humanities, [2] and business ...

  6. Qualitative research - Wikipedia

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    The use of nonquantitative material as empirical data has been growing in many areas of the social sciences, including learning sciences, development psychology and cultural psychology. [8] Several philosophical and psychological traditions have influenced investigators' approaches to qualitative research, including phenomenology , social ...

  7. Data generating process - Wikipedia

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    In statistics and in empirical sciences, a data generating process is a process in the real world that "generates" the data one is interested in. [1] This process encompasses the underlying mechanisms, factors, and randomness that contribute to the production of observed data. Usually, scholars do not know the real data generating model and ...

  8. Quantitative psychological research - Wikipedia

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  9. Quantitative psychology - Wikipedia

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    Intelligence testing has long been an important branch of quantitative psychology. The nineteenth-century English statistician Francis Galton, a pioneer in psychometrics, was the first to create a standardized test of intelligence, and he was among the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and their inheritance.