Population - The group of people of interest, to whom you hope the research results will apply, Sample - A subset of the population which, if representative, to whom the results will apply, Representative - The extent to which a sample mirrors a researcher's target population and reflects its characteristics, Generalisability - The extent to which research findings can be applied to the larger population, Convenience - A type of sampling where the participants are readily available, Random - A type of sampling where all members of a population are equally likely to be selected , Stratified - A type of sampling where you identify the subgroups and select participants in proportion with their occurrence, Reliability - Extent to which research results are consistent within themselves (inter-test) and across time (test-retest), Validity - Extent to which a research procedure tests what it is meant to, Face - ________ validity; does a test appear to measure what it is supposed to  , Concurrent - _________ validity; does a test produce similar results to an older, established test, Construct - __________ validity; does a test produce similar results to other tests of the same construct, Predictive - __________ validity; does a test accurately measure related factors in the future,

Year 11 ATAR Psychology: Research Methods THREE

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