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Essential Steps for Effective Research: From Literature Review to Data Analysis

This guide outlines the critical stages of conducting research, emphasizing the importance of literature review, bias identification, and resource evaluation. It covers effective library research techniques, including interactions with librarians, using electronic databases like PsycINFO, and understanding the structure of journal articles. The guide details how to analyze and summarize research findings, stressing the organization of titles and abstracts, clarity in methodology, and proper use of statistical data. It also underscores the significance of referencing in APA format to ensure academic integrity and support future research endeavors.

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Essential Steps for Effective Research: From Literature Review to Data Analysis

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  1. The Beginning

  2. Research Ideas • Reviewing the literature (i.e. all the previous published research related to the topic of interest) • Bias in publication • Good sources • Bad sources

  3. Library Research • Librarians  • Journals • Psychological Abstracts brief summary of research • Electronic Databases • PsycINFO • BCEBSCO HOST • Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (2007)

  4. Reading Journal Articles • Yikes! Get your “A” game on! • Title • Abstract • Introduction • Method • Results • Discussion • Reference

  5. Title • Should contain IV and DV or variables being studied

  6. Abstract • Brief summary (~200-250 words) • Purpose • Methods • Who • How • Results • Implication • Why is the info important?

  7. Introduction • Background on topic • Previous relevant research that highlights problem under study in the paper • Hypothesis or purpose of study • Clearly defines IV and DV

  8. Method • Subsections • Subjects / participants • Materials / apparatus • Procedure • Purpose is for replication

  9. Results • Summarizes data collected • Statistics used to analyze data • Results of tests • Tables • Graphs / figures • Results should not be explained in this section

  10. Discussion • Hypothesis supported? • Explanation of findings • Relationship of findings to previous work • Implications • Suggestions for future research

  11. References • Listing of all sources used in body of paper • APA format

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