Research Methods in Psychology (view)
Units included with this Open Author resource:
- Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
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- Learning goals:
- Learn the fundamental tenets of empiricism.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 2: Principles of Research
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- Learning goals:
- Generate and evaluate research questions.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 3: From Theory to Hypothesis
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- Learning goals:
- Moving from ideas to data collection.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 4: Research Ethics
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- Learning goals:
- Learning how to conduct ethical research.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 5: Measurement of Psychological Variables
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- Learning goals:
- Using and or constructing good psychological measurements.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 6: Survey Research
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- Learning goals:
- Learn the fundamentals of survey research.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 7: Sampling
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- Learning goals:
- Learn key issues related to sampling and data collection.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 8: Correlational Research
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- Learning goals:
- Learn the basics of correlational research.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 9: Simple Experiments
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- Learning goals:
- Learn the basics of experimentation.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
- Chapter 10: Complex Experiments
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- Learning goals:
- Learn to increase the complexity of research designs.
- Keywords:
- Research, Practice, Empiricism
Summary
Research Methods in Psychology is intended to provide a fundamental understanding of the basics of experimental research in the psychological sciences. Research Methods in Psychology adapted by Michael G. Dudley is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Research Methods in Psychology is adapted from a work produced and distributed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-SA) in 2010 by a publisher who has requested that they and the original author not receive attribution. This adapted edition is based on an adaptation produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing through the eLearning Support Initiative. This adapted edition was created by Michael G. Dudley with support from the Palomar College Foundation. This adaptation has significantly altered the original 2010 text and removed images. This work is made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.