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UH Maui College: Psychology 212 Research Methods

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UH Maui College: Psychology 212 Research Methods

This text provides an overview of research design strategies used in psychological research. It covers the basic descriptive statistics and concepts within inferential statistics that are necessary for appreciation and comprehension of research findings. The course presents the student with the fundamentals of research that all psychology majors should know. Emphasis is placed on the critical evaluation of psychological research.

Social Sciences
Author
Paul Thornton
Publisher
University of Hawaii Maui College
Source
LibreTexts
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 86 sections
  1. 01: The Science of Psychology
  2. 1.1: Prelude to the Science of Psychology
  3. 1.2: Methods of Knowing
  4. 1.3: Understanding Science
  5. 1.4: Goals of Science
  6. 1.5: Science and Common Sense
  7. 1.6: Experimental and Clinical Psychologists
  8. 1.7: The Science of Psychology (Summary)
  9. 02: Overview of the Scientific Method
  10. 2.1: Prelude to the Scientific Method
  11. 2.2: A Model of Scientific Research in Psychology
  12. 2.3: Finding a Research Topic
  13. 2.4: Generating Good Research Questions
  14. 2.5: Developing a Hypothesis
  15. 2.6: Designing a Research Study
  16. 2.7: Analyzing the Data
  17. 2.8: Drawing Conclusions and Reporting the Results
  18. 2.9: Overview of the Scientific Method (Summary)
  19. 03: Research Ethics
  20. 3.1: Prelude to Research Ethics
  21. 3.2: Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
  22. 3.3: From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
  23. 3.4: Putting Ethics Into Practice
  24. 3.5: Research Ethics (Summary)
  25. 04: Psychological Measurement
  26. 4.1: Prelude to Psychological Measurement
  27. 4.2: Understanding Psychological Measurement
  28. 4.3: Reliability and Validity of Measurement
  29. 4.4: Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement
  30. 4.5: Psychological Measurement (Summary)
  31. 05: Non-Experimental Research
  32. 5.1: Prelude to Nonexperimental Research
  33. 5.2: Overview of Non-Experimental Research
  34. 5.3: Correlational Research
  35. 5.4: Complex Correlation
  36. 5.5: Qualitative Research
  37. 5.6: Observational Research
  38. 5.7: Non-Experimental Research (Summary)
  39. 06: Survey Research
  40. 6.1: Prelude to Survey Research
  41. 6.2: Overview of Survey Research
  42. 6.3: Constructing Surveys
  43. 6.4: Conducting Surveys
  44. 6.5: Survey Research (Summary)
  45. 07: Descriptive Statistics
  46. 7.1: Describing Single Variables
  47. 7.2: Describing Statistical Relationships
  48. 7.3: Expressing Your Results
  49. 7.4: Conducting Your Analyses
  50. 7.5: Descriptive Statistics (Summary)
  51. 08: Experimental Research
  52. 8.1: Prelude to Experimental Research
  53. 8.2: Experiment Basics
  54. 8.3: Experimental Design
  55. 8.4: Experimentation and Validity
  56. 8.5: Practical Considerations
  57. 8.6: Experimental Research (Summary)
  58. 09: Quasi-Experimental Research
  59. 9.1: Prelude to Quasi-Experimental Research
  60. 9.2: One-Group Designs
  61. 9.3: Non-Equivalent Groups Designs
  62. 9.4: Quasi-Experimental Research (Summary)
  63. 10: Inferential Statistics
  64. 10.1: Prelude to Inferential Statistics
  65. 10.2: Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing
  66. 10.3: Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests
  67. 10.4: Additional Considerations
  68. 10.5: From the Replicability Crisis to Open Science Practices
  69. 10.6: Inferential Statistics (Summary)
  70. 11: Factorial Designs
  71. 11.1: Factorial Designs
  72. 11.2: Setting Up a Factorial Experiment
  73. 11.3: Interpreting the Results of a Factorial Experiment
  74. 11.4: Factorial Designs (Summary)
  75. 12: Single-Subject Research
  76. 12.1: Single-Subject Research
  77. 12.2: Overview of Single-Subject Research
  78. 12.3: Single-Subject Research Designs
  79. 12.4: The Single-Subject Versus Group Debate
  80. 12.5: Single-Subject Research (Summary)
  81. 13: Presenting Your Research
  82. 13.1: Prelude to Presenting Your Research
  83. 13.2: American Psychological Association (APA) Style
  84. 13.3: Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
  85. 13.4: Other Presentation Formats
  86. 13.5: Presenting Your Research (Summary)