Research Methods

1. Case-study approach to studying groups (http://www.richmond.edu/~dforsyth/gd/case.htm) - how-to includes example of case study - from Don Forsyth
   
   
2. How to conduct surveys (http://www.amstat.org/sections/srms/whatsurvey.html) - Good info on constructing and administering surveys from the American Statistical Association
   
   
3. "In defense of self-reports" (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=911) - Recent APS Observer article by Rebecca Norwick, Y. Susan Choi, and Tal Ben-Shachar
   
   
4. Critical thinking about evidence (http://www.csicop.org/si/9012/critical-thinking.html) - "the six rules of evidential reasoning" from James Lett
   
   
5. "The Least of my brothers" (http://poynter.indiana.edu/sas/lb/) - This freely available online short course on research ethics from the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University-Bloomington describes the famous PHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. "From 1932 to 1972, 399 poor black sharecroppers in Macon County, Alabama were denied treatment for syphilis and deceived by physicians of the United States Public Health Service. As part of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, designed to document the natural history of the disease, these men were told that they were being treated for 'bad blood.' In fact, government officials went to extreme lengths to ensure that they received no therapy from any source. As reported by the New York Times on 26 July 1972, the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was revealed as 'the longest nontherapeutic experiment on human beings in medical history.'"
   
   
6. "Abuses of skepticism"
   (http://www.csicop.org/doubtandabout/abuses/)
   - Interesting article from CSICOP
   
   
7. "Correlation still isn't causation" (http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1924) - Good series of back-and-forth letters to the APS Observer on this issue that could be good for your students to review and discuss
   
   
8. Day Reconstruction Method (http://sitemaker.umich.edu/norbert.schwarz/day_reconstruction_method) - Daniel Kahneman and colleagues have developed a new and exciting research method that "assesses how people spend their time and how they experience the various activities and settings of their lives, combining features of time-budget measurement and experience sampling." Norbert Schwarz is nice enough to provide the recent article describing the method as well as the materials used in the method at his website.
   
   
9. A blog on analyzing polling data (http://politicalarithmetik.blogspot.com/) - "Political arithmetik: Where numbers and politics meet" is a blog from Charles Franklin, a professor of political science, in which he explains political bias in polls, the statistical analysis of them, and more. Lots of good examples and very detailed analysis.

Statistical Concepts

11. Gallery of Data Visualization (http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/) - "The best and worst of statistical graphics" - good examples of how graphs can be used effectively and used to "lie"
    
    
12. Census Resource Discovery Service
    (http://chcc.essex.ac.uk/chcc-rd/RD) - Similar to CensusScope for U.S. data, this site provides census data for the UK with some very good accompanying instructional materials.
    
    
13. Mediating variables (http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/MV/multReg/MediationModels.doc) - Karl Wuensch wrote this document, "Statistical tests of models that include mediating variables," which provides a good overview of the topic for faculty and students alike.