Research Methods
The Science of Psychology
Ethics
Reliability & Validity
Conceptualizing a Research Study
Descriptive Methods
Key Elements of Experimental Design
Experimental Designs
Quasi-Experimental Designs
Applying Research Concepts
General Review Material
Statistics
Why We Need Statistics
Levels of Measurement
Central Tendency and Variability
Inferential Statistics
Statistical Significance
Single Sample t-test
t-test for Dependent Means
t-test for Independent Means
One-way Analysis of Variance
Factorial Analysis of Variance
Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance
Correlation
Prediction
Chi-square
Scale Reliability
Applying Statistical Concepts
General Review Material
Activity: Developing a Research Idea Using Headlines
Using a current news headline as inspiration, this activity has students develop a research idea into a working hypothesis.
Generating Quality Hypotheses; Generating Research Ideas; Identifying Independent and Dependent Variables; Operational Definitions
Author: Natalie Ciarocco
Monmouth University
Posted: Monday, May 31, 2010
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