PSYC 201W Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Qualitative Research, Statistical Inference, Confounding
10 Feb 2017
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The classic notion of conducting scientific research: you translate curiosity into a testable question, devise a way to test it, systematically gather and analyze evidence and report the findings. The research process begins with a spark of curiosity or concern and asks a question about it. A single observation can trigger a research idea. Research ideas also arise from events over time in which we become increasingly curious about. Research ideas can form rapidly or slowly, and they derive from diverse sources, including personal experience and daily events, prior research and theory, real-word problems and serendipity. Evidence-based treatments (ebts) interventions that scientifically controlled studies have demonstrated to be effective in treating specific conditions. Involves stumbling across something by chance - often while looking for something else - and having the wisdom and curiosity to recognize that you may be on an important discovery.
