Psychology Research Methods revision resources for A Level
Research Methods sits at the heart of A Level Psychology, and a secure understanding of it is essential for success across all topics and exam papers. It covers how psychologists design and conduct studies, analyse data and evaluate findings. Study Dog is here to make it click.
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About our Psychology Research Methods course
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Research Methods is examined across all three A Level Psychology papers, making it one of the most important topics to revise thoroughly. Our course walks you through experimental design, data collection methods, statistical testing and how to evaluate research evidence, giving you the skills to answer any methods question with confidence. You’ll also find worked examples and application questions to help you link methodology to the studies you encounter throughout the course.
Course Outline
- Experiment types
- Observations
- Self-report methods
- Correlations versus experiments
- Types of data
- Sampling methods
- Control of variables
- Ethical issues
- Reliability
- Validity
- Measures of central tendency and dispersion
- Graphs and tables
- Levels of measurement
- Statistical decisions
- Type I and Type II errors
- Choosing a statistical test
- Reporting investigations
- Features of science
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