Competency
Summarize psychological research methods and significant studies.
Scenario
using a study area of mental health/psych, With that topic area in mind, you will step into the role of a researcher. Researchers make many decisions when designing a study. You will need to narrow down your topic to a specific observation and then create a hypothesis. Youll be asked to choose a design for your study and explain the reasoning behind your choice.
Instructions
- Explain your topic area and the reason you chose this area.
- Make an observation about this topic area (i.e., an educated guess about the topic area).
- State your hypothesis.
- What research design would you choose and why? (You only need to choose one design).
- If you choose to do a correlational study, describe a positive correlation between the two variables and a negative correlation between the two variables.
- If you choose to do an experimental study, describe the independent variable and dependent variable?
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