Research Methods I: chapter 2
education resource information center, provides access to educational literature and resources
ERIC
provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences
Medline
computerized database for searching the psychological literature that contains full text publications
PsychArticles
computerized database for searching psychology literature that provides abstracts and summaries
PsychInfo
the database that contains brief summaries of psychology articles and information on where to find the original publication
PsychInfo
portion of a research report that summarizes and interprets the results
discussion section
applied research is intended to answer theoretical questions
false
magazine articles that report on previous research are primary sources
false
the results section of a research article typically
includes the outcome of statistical analysis
after you have scanned through a list of titles to determine which articles might be relevant to your research question, you should then read the _________________ of each article to determine whether to keep it in your literature review
introduction
first major section of a research report that develops the research question
introduction
veterans returning from combat occasionally develop post-traumatic stress disorder. you wonder about the best way to treat PTSD. this is an example of getting research ideas from
practical problems
what source contains original research reports
primary
firsthand report of observations or research results; includes journal articles, theses and dissertations, and conference presentations of research results
primary source
you can safely assume that
primary sources contain descriptions of research by those who conducted it
which section of a research article is most likely to provide a complete list of all the publications cited in the article
reference
educated guess that can be demonstrated to be false
refutable hypothesis
includes statistical analysis
results section
description or summary of another person's work; includes books, textbooks, review articles, meta-analysis, the introduction section of research reports, newspaper and magazine articles on previous research
secondary source
the review of the literature in the introduction section of a research report is an example of a
secondary source
term used to identify and describe the variables in a study
subject word
educated guess for which all relevant factors can be defined and observed
testable hypothesis
research studies that are intended to answer practical problems would be classified as
applied
study intended to answer practical questions or solve practical problems
applied research
what is the most relevant question you should ask when reading a results section
are appropriate statistics used
what is the most relevant question you should ask when reading an introduction
are the conclusions supported by the results
a researcher is intrigued by an explanation of children's problem-solving strategies found in a journal article, and develops a research study to determine whether the article's best ideas are correct. this study can be classified as
basic research
study intended to answer theoretical questions
basic research
while watching the behavior of your dog at feeding time, you get some ideas about what may be causing the behavior. this is an example of getting research ideas from
casual observation
the advantage of full-text databases is that they contain
word-for-word copies of each publication
computerized cross-referencing tool that focuses on an individual topic area
database
an empirical journal article is an example of
a primary source
a brief summary of a psychology article
abstract
brief summary of a research study, usually totaling no more than 150-200 words
abstract
a refutable hypothesis must
allow for the possibility that the observations will not support the hypothesis
process of gaining a general familiarity with the current research conducted in a subject area
literature search
which section of a research article can help you to develop ideas for studies by changing the characteristics of the participants or modifying the procedures for your own study
method
describes how the study was conducted
method section
concise statement of the content of a paper that identifies the main variables
title
a good hypothesis should make a positive statement about the existence of a relationship, a difference, or a treatment effect
true
a good way to come up with a research idea is to look in the discussion section of a research article and find the discussion section of ideas for future research
true
a textbook is a primary source
true
the discussion section of an APA-style research report often contains a description of the limitations of the research
true
the purpose of the method section is to describe how the study was conducted
true
