Introduction
- fundamental skills in psychological research
- part of methodology sequence
- Statistics
- Research Methods
- Advanced Labs
- facilitate understanding of substantive courses
to make a better consumer of scientific information
- research methodology in general
- not just psychological research
Evaluation of experimental and non-experimental data
- effectiveness of psychotherapy
- effectiveness of pharmological interventions
- attitude change due to expert influence
- effect of time of day on reaction time
beyond psychology
- Examples of intentional experiments versus non-intentional
- effect of fat on longevity
- correlational designs
- experimental designs
- effect of human action on environment
- CO2 and globabl warming
- short term versus long effect of oil spills
- iron levels and plankton blooms
Part of a course in Research Methods in Psychology (Psychology 205) at Northwestern University, developed by William Revelle.
Back to the course syllabus.
Revised April 16, 2002