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| Science and Research Methods | ||
| Extensive links to many sites that discuss scientific research and various research methods. ( http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/index.htm ) | ||
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| Exploring Pseudoscience | ||
| Robert Todd Carroll's view of areas he believes qualify as pseudoscience, such as astrology, graphology, and many others. Many psychologists would agree with most of his categorations but in some cases they might not. Reading about these different areas should hone your critical thinking about what constitutes science and what does not. ( http://www.skepdic.com ) | ||
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| On Being a Scientist | ||
| Created by the National Academy of Sciences, this web site explores the social foundations of science, experimental techniques and treatment of data, values in science, conflicts of interest, misconduct in science, and many other science-related topics. ( http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/ ) | ||
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| Generating Research Ideas | ||
| Lots of good strategies for coming up with innovative research ideas. Includes a checklist for helping students evaluate their hypotheses. ( http://www.apa.org/science/lib.html ) | ||
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| Statistics Resources | ||
| Examine many resources for learning more about the use of statistics in analyzing data. ( http://www.execpc.com/~helberg/statistics.html ) | ||
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| Standardized Tests | ||
| This American Psychological Association web site provides answers to frequently asked questions about psychological tests. ( http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html ) | ||
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| Physiological Research | ||
| Explore many aspects of physiological research through these extensive links to neuroscience resources, such as drug and behavior links, neurobiology links, and many others. ( http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/resources.html ) | ||
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| Correlational Research Designs | ||
| in-depth discussion of how to carry out correlational research. Includes strategies for planning a correlational study on relationships. ( http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/tutorial/lamar/ylamar.htm ) | ||
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| Experimental Research | ||
| Good information about how to set up an experiment. ( http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/tutorial/abrahams/sbk16.htm ) | ||
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| Psychologists' Ethical Principles | ||
| The American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct can be studied at this web site. Includes information about respecting others, nondiscrimination, avoiding harm, exploitive relationships, and many other topics. ( http://www.apa.org/ethics/code.html ) | ||
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| Ethical Guidelines in Animal Research | ||
| The American Psychological Association's guidelines for ethical conduct in the care and use of animals are described. ( http://www.apa.org/science/anguide.html ) | ||
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| Psychology Research Journals | ||
| A web site with information about hundreds of psychology-related journals and links to the web sites of many journals. ( http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Psychology/Journals/ ) | ||
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