General Index

[Mike Dillinger, PhD]

	Index
Task 1: Formulate your Research Problem
	Team Data Sheet
	Research Problem Worksheet
	Choose a partner
	Choose a psychological process and a sub-process
	Choose something to study that affects your sub-process -- your "factors".
Task 2: Find relevant bibliography
	Literature Search Plan
	The sections of your lit review
	Plan your literature search
	Start with your research problem
	Identify what kinds of information to look for:
	general background information about how your process and sub-process work
	specific background information about how your factors affect (or not) your sub-process
	Identify where to find each kind of information
	Find the publications you need
	Find review articles
	Search for specific journal titles in the library’s databases
	Search for articles by specific authors in the library’s databases or on their homepages
	Search for related articles
	Choose the best publications from the ones that you found
	Refresher on APA formatting of references
Task 3: Write your Literature Review
	3a. Plan before you begin to write
	Understand the goals and parts of your Lit Review
	Sort and prioritize your sources for each part
	Develop a Reading Strategy
	Develop a Writing Strategy
	3b. Draft the General Background
	Sample General Background sections
	Hints for Writing a General Background section
	3c. Draft the Specific Background
	Sample Specific Background sections
	Hints for Writing a Specific Background section
	3d. Draft the Opening
	Sample Openings
Task 4: Design your experiment
	4.1 Read about the different kinds of experimental and non-experimental research to understand why you're doing an experiment
	4.2 Choose the levels for your factors
	4.3 Identify the experimental conditions in your design
	4.4 Decide how to test your factors, whether between subjects or within subjects
	4.5 Check your design for internal validity
	Sample Experimental Design
Task 5: Specify your methods
	5.1 Decide how to measure your sub-process
	5.2 Plan how to work with your Participants
	5.2a Define and find your participants
	5.2b Choose a sample of the possible participants
	5.2c Assign the participants to your experimental conditions
	5.3 Develop your materials
	5.4 Plan your procedures
	5.5 Review your Methods
	5.6 Write up your Methods
Task 6: Assemble a proposal
Task 7: Collect your data
	7.1 Prepare all materials and equipment
	7.2 Recruit participants
	7.3 "Run" the participants
	7.4 Organize and code the data
Task 8: Analyze your data
Task 9: Write up your results
Task 10: Discuss your results
Task 11: Present your work

[Heather Gorgen]

I like this page, it makes things very easy to look at and access. Thanks!

[Mike Dillinger, PhD]

Tx for the feedback : )

[Omar G.]

I agree.

[Amy]

great page, dr d!