PSYC 2360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Adobe After Effects, Clinical Psychology, Behavioural Sciences
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Observation and intuition: it is possible to develop research ideas on the basis of intuition of personal observations, but, intuition alone can lead us astray so it is important to empirically test ideas/hypotheses. Review past literature: figure out what"s been done before: Start broad (i. e. , secondary sources) and then progress to more specific levels (i. e. , primary sources). Start with the newest sources and then work backwards in time: good vs. bad sources of information: Current gold standard: peer review: literature reviews often raise new questions: Inductive method: inductive method: getting ideas about the relationships among variables by observing specific facts, this method is data-driven, bottom-up approach. Deductive method: deductive method: the process of using a theory to generate specific ideas that can be tested through research. Introductory research methods: research hypothesis: a specific and falsifiable prediction regarding the relationship between or among two or more variables.
