PSYC 201W Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sildenafil, Google Scholar, Observational Error
6 Apr 2016
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Serendipity -the princes of serendipity discovery of something by accident (viagra found through mishap of research in angina) Literature reviews databases: psycinfo (focus on more- from apa, psycarticles, medline, google scholar (not recommended, research articles. C. results of an empirical study (based on collection of observable data) -abstract, Intro. , method, results, discussion, references typically have apa abstract, followed by introduction, method, results, discussion, and reference sections. Review articles integrate the literature on a particular subject and summarize it e. g. , meta-analyses. What"s the optimal way to enter this question into psycinfo http://www. lib. sfu. ca/help/subject guides/psychology/psycinfo. And, not, or to narrow results: peer-reviewed articles, full text access. If not, try authors" personal websites or interlibrary loan (allow plenty of time!) and do not pay, ever. Data analysis staisical tests reveal support or lack thereof for hypotheses. Non-staisical review of indings, implicaions, limitaions, avenues for future research. List of all in-text citaions formated in apa style.
