Psy 3180 Research Methods

• Chapter             Topic                           
     1            The Science of Psychology    
•    2            Research Ideas and Hypotheses  
•    3            Ethics in Psychological Research  
•    4            Nonexperimental Methods, Surveys and
                   Questionnaires, Sampling  and Basic Research
                   Strategies
•    5            The Basics of Experimentation I:  Variables and
                   Control 
•    6            The Basics of Experimentation II:  Final
                   Considerations, Unanticipated Influences, and
                   Cross-Cultural Issues 
•    7            Using Statistics to Answer Questions
•    8            Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and
                   Interpreting Experiments with Two Groups
•    9            Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and
                   Interpreting Experiments with More than Two
                   Groups
•  10            Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and
                   Interpreting Experiments with Multiple
                   Independent Variables
•  11            Alternative Research Designs
•  12            External Validity and Critiquing Experimental
                   Research
•  13            Writing and Assembling an APA-Format Research
                   Report