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Name four sources of research ideas. Describe how each source provides ideas. |
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Define and give an example of an unsystematic source of research ideas. |
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Define and give an example of a systematic source of research ideas. |
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Discuss the two ways that theory can serve as a source of research ideas. |
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How can applied issues be used as a source of research ideas (provide an example)? |
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What is the purpose of creating operational definitions for variables? If two researchers operationally defined "stress" differently, would they be measuring the same variable? |
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List three characteristics that contribute to making a research question important and three that contribute to making a research question unimportant. |
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Describe the basic strategy for carrying out a literature search. |
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Describe how you would conduct a literature review using PsycINFO. How would you select your key words and narrow or broaden your search? |
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Identify the parts of a research report and describe what you would find in each part. |
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When critically reading a research report, what things should you look for in each section? |
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List and describe the criteria for acceptance of a manuscript that were given in the text. |
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Follow a manuscript through the review and publication process. What happens at each critical phase of the process? |
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Discuss the problems that arise from peer review of research manuscripts. How do these problems affect the published literature? |
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How can values creep into the research process and what can researchers do to minimize the effects of values on research? |
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Describe the process of formulating hypotheses after a literature search has been done. |
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