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General Psychology
Title 3 Supersite
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Research
Methods
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http://www.abacon.com/psychsite/wrong.html
This site is part of Allyn and
Bacon Publishers' site for psychology students and instructors. It does
not require a password. This particular site is useful in teaching
research methods. It gives students five sample studies. Students must
then identify the problem(s) with each study.
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http://www.randomizer.org/
This site contains a tutorial
on random sampling and random assignment. It also enables students to
randomly sample participants for a study or to randomly assign
participants to groups. The program is written in JavaScript. There are
some specific system requirements for AOL users or for older versions of
web browsers. The program is especially helpful for students who must
conduct their own studies.
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http://www.ncpp.org/qajsa.htm
This site contains the twenty
questions you should ask about research reported in the popular press. It
helps students learn to distinguish between scientific and nonscientific
research.
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http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/survey.htm
This site from Cornell
University contains information about survey research including the
positives and negatives as well as information on how to construct
surveys.
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http://www.apa.org/ethics/
This link to the American
Psychology Association site contains information on research ethics with
both humans and animals. It is a good site to find the latest information
on this topic.
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