Yvette Cantu

Appendix B
BEH/225 Version 4
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Associate Level Material
Appendix B
Research Methods Matrix
A psychologist is planning to conduct a study that would examine pathological liars and the
quality of their romantic relationships. You have been asked to provide the psychologist with a
recommendation for which research method should be used to gather data on the pathological
liars and their spouses.
sing the table below list each research method and its advantages and disadvantages for use in
this study.
Research Method Advantages Disadvantages
Surveying the pathoogica
iar!
Survey is discreet and
private!
"n a survey anyone can ie
and it #oud $e hard to
deter%ine #hether the
ans#ers #ere truth&u or
ies!
naturaistic o$servation 'his %ethod #oud ao# the
psychoogist to exa%ine the
$ehavior in the su$(ect)s
natura environ%ent!
'hey cannot induce the
$ehavior or circu%stance
to exa%ine the desired
events!
*ase Study +ives an in depth portrait o&
an individua!
Because each person is
uni,ue- one cannot dra#
genera concusions &ro% a
singe case!
*orreationa Research *ari&ies reationships
$et#een varia$es that
cannot $e exa%ined $y other
research %ethods!
Does not per%it
researchers to dra#
concusions regarding
cause and e&&ect
reationships!
!ake your recommendation to the psychologist and explain the rationale behind your choice.
Your response should be 1""#$"" words.
%or my recommendation regarding this experiment & chose 'aturalistic (bservation) Case *tudy)
and Correlational +esearch as my options for the best research methods. & decided on these
three methods because these were the ones that were closely related to what the research was
based upon. ,hese methods allow you to gather the information from these groups of individuals
with little to no error during the research process. ,he reason & did not choose either of the other
two methods is because it did not directly deal with any particular individual and the results would
not have benefitted this experiment.