PSYC104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Publication Bias, Literature Review
16 May 2018
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Chapter 3 [Communicating Science]
3.2.1 Chapter Outline
- Finding Information about Science
- Writing a Scientific Paper
- Oral Presentations
- Posters
3.3 Finding Information about Science
3.3.1 Scientific vs. Non-Scientific Sources of Information
- Peer review: a process where the manuscripts submitted to scientific publications are
critiques by other scientists working in the relevant area of study
- The file-drawer problem: publication bias resulting from journals only publishing positive
results
- Open access journals: academic journals available online for free and willing to publish a
wider variety of studies than traditional journals
- When looking at a piece of information that makes some sort of psychological claim, it is a
good idea to ask these questions
o What am I being asked to believe?
o What evidence support this position?
o Are there other ways the evidence could be interpreted?
o What other evidence would I need to evaluate these alternatives?
o What are the most reasonable conclusions?
3.3.2 Searching for Scientific Publications
- Parameters: search options that allow one to seek out information that meets specific
requirements
- Using psychology-specific online databases allows you to find information from psychology-
specific sources and to search using more specific parameters or search options
3.3.3 Reading a Scientific Paper
- Meta-analysis: statistical technique of combining and analysing the results from multiple
studies
- When reading a research report, you should be asking the same questions that you should
ask in regards to media reports
o What am I being asked to believe?
o What evidence support this position?
o Are there other ways the evidence could be interpreted?
o What other evidence would I need to evaluate these alternatives?
o What are the most reasonable conclusions?
- Knowing the basic anatomy of a research article would help you locate all of this information
and use it to draw appropriate conclusions
o Abstract
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Document Summary
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