PSY 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Psycinfo, Google Scholar, Meta-Analysis
17 Jul 2018
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Overview on the research report assignment + general notes: Format in apa 6th - but not everything has to be in apa. Soma system - going to go live at the end of this week. Google scholar can be a little tricky. Type in keywords - to find articles. You can combine your searches with the check boxes click and Display results specifically for the population you"re looking for, and the topic you want to do the report about. You must have the method section, with participants, and their own samples. You know it"s empirical if they"re collecting their own data. Meta-analysis, bringing together other research papers or studies together. Has to have a sample of people not research papers. Allowed to do empirical articles that are either qualitative or quantitative. Key thing is that they have to be administered to individuals. Purdueowl - good resources for apa formatting and styling, how to cite.
