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Fall 2021
Psychology 280 Research Methods
Textbook-Research methods for the behavioral sciences
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Textbook-Research methods for the behavioral sciences
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01. Describe the scientific method and research process
02. Use research databases to locate and obtain psychology articles relevant to a research topic of interest
03. Analyze and evaluate published research
04. Develop an original research question and hypotheses
05. Define measurement validity and reliability, as well as internal and external validity,and identify the various threats to validity
06. Identify ethical issues pertaining to research in psychology
07. Compare and contrast the various research strategies and designs
08. Identify the descriptive and inferential statistical analysis utilized to interpret and evaluate research
09. Compose in APA style research report or proposal
10. Critically evaluate secondary sources of scientific information