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Research Methods Chapter 2 This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program. A Scientific Approach to Human Sexuality Empirical Derived from or based on observation and experimentation A Scientific Approach to Human Sexuality The Scientific Method Formulating a research question Framing the research question in the form of a hypothesis Testing the hypothesis (continued) A Scientific Approach to Human Sexuality The Scientific Method (continued) Hypothesis Precise prediction about behaviour Testing the hypothesis Drawing conclusions A Scientific Approach to Human Sexuality Goals and methods of the science of human sexuality Description Variables Quantities or qualities that vary or may vary Demographic variables Concerning vital statistics (continued) A Scientific Approach to Human Sexuality Goals and methods of the science of human sexuality (continued) Explanation Prediction Control (continued) A Scientific Approach to Human Sexuality Goals and methods of the science of human sexuality (continued) Physiological measures of sexual arousal vasocongestion Penile strain gauge Measures changes in the circumference of the penis (continued) A Scientific Approach to Human Sexuality Goals and methods of the science of human sexuality (continued) Vaginal photoplethysmograph Measures vasocongestion of the vaginal walls Operational Definitions Operational definition Definition of a construct or variable in terms of the methods used to measure it Populations and Samples Population Complete group of organisms or events Sample Part of a population Representative sample (continued) Populations and Samples (continued) Generalize To go from the pa