Research Methods W4

 Honaker, S. M., Marsella, J. L., Sharkey, K. M., & Johnson, K. M. (2020). Sleep as a profession. In H. Montgomery-Downs (Ed.), Sleep science. (pp. 407–427). Oxford University Press.

J.A. Mindell et al.

Developmental aspects of sleep hygiene: findings from the 2004 National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America Poll

Sleep Med

(2009)

Exam Review:

  • Know the important charateristics of a scientist
  • To operationalize is to identify an instrument or instruments to acurately measure a construct
  • Objectives for psychological research:
    • description (of a phenomenon)
    • explanation (how and why)
    • prediction (the ability to anticipate a phenomenon)
    • control (manipulation, eliminating the influence of extraneous variables, the control group)
  • PseudoScience doesn't have research behind them
  • Know reference guidelines
  • Know in-text citations
  • Deduction is general to specific
  • Induction is specific to general


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