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Research Methods in Psychology

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.

Psychology Social Sciences

Author: Jhangiani, Chiang, Cuttler, & Leighton
Publisher: LibreTexts
Source: LibreTexts
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Language: EN
Category: Basic Sciences

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Contents· 86 sections

01: The Science of Psychology
1.01: Prelude to the Science of Psychology
1.02: Methods of Knowing
1.03: Understanding Science
1.04: Goals of Science
1.05: Science and Common Sense
1.06: Experimental and Clinical Psychologists
1.07: The Science of Psychology (Summary)
02: Overview of the Scientific Method
2.01: Prelude to the Scientific Method
2.02: A Model of Scientific Research in Psychology
2.03: Finding a Research Topic
2.04: Generating Good Research Questions
2.05: Developing a Hypothesis
2.06: Designing a Research Study
2.07: Analyzing the Data
2.08: Drawing Conclusions and Reporting the Results
2.09: Overview of the Scientific Method (Summary)
03: Research Ethics
3.01: Prelude to Research Ethics
3.02: Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
3.03: From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
3.04: Putting Ethics Into Practice
3.05: Research Ethics (Summary)
04: Psychological Measurement
4.01: Prelude to Psychological Measurement
4.02: Understanding Psychological Measurement
4.03: Reliability and Validity of Measurement
4.04: Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement
4.05: Psychological Measurement (Summary)
05: Experimental Research
5.01: Prelude to Experimental Research
5.02: Experiment Basics
5.03: Experimental Design
5.04: Experimentation and Validity
5.05: Practical Considerations
5.06: Experimental Research (Summary)
06: Non-Experimental Research
6.01: Prelude to Nonexperimental Research
6.02: Overview of Non-Experimental Research
6.03: Correlational Research
6.04: Complex Correlation
6.05: Qualitative Research
6.06: Observational Research
6.07: Non-Experimental Research (Summary)
07: Survey Research
7.01: Prelude to Survey Research
7.02: Overview of Survey Research
7.03: Constructing Surveys
7.04: Conducting Surveys
7.05: Survey Research (Summary)
08: Quasi-Experimental Research
8.01: Prelude to Quasi-Experimental Research
8.02: One-Group Designs
8.03: Non-Equivalent Groups Designs
8.04: Quasi-Experimental Research (Summary)
09: Factorial Designs
9.01: Factorial Designs
9.02: Setting Up a Factorial Experiment
9.03: Interpreting the Results of a Factorial Experiment
9.04: Factorial Designs (Summary)
10: Single-Subject Research
10.01: Single-Subject Research
10.02: Overview of Single-Subject Research
10.03: Single-Subject Research Designs
10.04: The Single-Subject Versus Group Debate
10.05: Single-Subject Research (Summary)
11: Presenting Your Research
11.01: Prelude to Presenting Your Research
11.02: American Psychological Association (APA) Style
11.03: Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
11.04: Other Presentation Formats
11.05: Presenting Your Research (Summary)
12: Descriptive Statistics
12.01: Describing Single Variables
12.02: Describing Statistical Relationships
12.03: Expressing Your Results
12.04: Conducting Your Analyses
12.05: Descriptive Statistics (Summary)
13: Inferential Statistics
13.01: Prelude to Inferential Statistics
13.02: Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing
13.03: Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests
13.04: Additional Considerations
13.05: From the Replicability Crisis to Open Science Practices
13.06: Inferential Statistics (Summary)