Thesis Papers: discuss five important issues in child development research: sampling, data collection, research design, studying change over time, and ethics.

Thesis Papers: discuss five important issues in child development research: sampling, data collection, research design, studying change over time, and ethics.

Research in psychology is scientific, and is thus based on theories from which hypotheses are formulated. Hypotheses are tested by collecting and analyzing data using measurable and replicable techniques.

discuss five important issues in child development research: sampling, data collection, research design, studying change over time, and ethics.

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Question 1

Please select the correct statement about the following research. A researcher wants to find understand how junk food affects behavior in two-year olds.

 

The   researcher should use the correlational method.

 

The   researcher must obtain informed consent from parents and guardians of the   sample, as well as ethics approval from the review board.

 

A   representative sample would be found at the local play group.

 

The   researcher should USE a case study approach.