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  1. Conducting your own psychological research means analyzing data, designing and executing surveys or experiments, and drawing conclusions from your findings. Conducting original or primary research is how scholars and students contribute to the body of scholarly knowledge.

    • Investigate A Commonly Held Belief
    • Review Psychology Literature
    • Think About Everyday Problems

    Folk knowledge is a good source of questions that can serve as the basis for psychological research. For example, many people believe that staying up all night to cram for a big exam can actually hurt test performance. You could conduct a study to compare the test scores of students who stayed up all night with the scores of students who got a full...

    Published studies are a great source of unanswered research questions. In many cases, the authors will even note the need for further research. Find a published study that you find intriguing, and then come up with some questions that require further exploration.

    There are many practical applications for psychology research. Explore various problems that you or others face each day, and then consider how you could research potential solutions. For example, you might investigate different memorization strategies to determine which methods are most effective.

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  3. Mar 20, 2020 · Abstract. Research methods play an imperative role in research quality as well as educating young researchers, however, the application thereof is unclear which can be detrimental to the field of psychology. Therefore, this systematised review aimed to determine what research methods are being used, how these methods are being used and for what ...

    • Salomé Elizabeth Scholtz, Werner de Klerk, Leon T. de Beer
    • 10.3389/frma.2020.00001
    • 2020
    • Front Res Metr Anal. 2020; 5: 1.
  4. Feb 28, 2023 · When conducting research, the scientific method steps to follow are: Observe what you want to investigate. Ask a research question and make predictions. Test the hypothesis and collect data. Examine the results and draw conclusions. Report and share the results. This process not only allows scientists to investigate and understand different ...

  5. The scientific method is the set of assumptions, rules, and procedures scientists use to conduct research. In addition to requiring that science be empirical, the scientific method demands that the procedures used be objective, or free from the personal bias or emotions of the scientist.

  6. Jul 24, 2019 · Correlational Research. Some of you have likely heard the statement; correlation does not equal causation. If not, please remember this now. It is a vital component of our ability to comprehend ...

  7. Conducting Your Analyses. Describe the steps involved in preparing and analyzing a typical set of raw data. Even when you understand the statistics involved, analyzing data can be a complicated process. It is likely that for each of several participants, there are data for several different variables: demographics such as sex and age, one or ...

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