Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
Second Edition
Multimedia Resources
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Video Links
- Internal Reliability Analysis
This two-part YouTube video conducts and interprets an internal consistency reliability analysis through Cronbach's alpha, the corrected item-total correlations and the inter-item correlation matrix. Guidelines for identifying adequate levels of reliability are also provided. - Identifying Misleading Graphs
YouTube video presenting misleading graphs in statistics, providing straightforward examples and corrected versions of the graphs - Mean, Median, Mode, Range, and Interquartile Range
This YouTube video describes how to calculate the mean, median, mode, range, and interquartile range from a frequency table
Audio Links
- Podcast 12: Academic Dishonesty
In this special edition of Give Methods a Chance, we talk with Chris Uggen to get context and insight to a recent retraction of a political science article - Podcast 38: Pseudoscience
Distinguishing science from pseudoscience. Includes the four ways in which pseudoscience associates itself with true science such as using scientific sounding terms and devices, math, and origins in true science. Used phrenology as an example. Misusing rules of evidence by pseudoscience by relying on potentially biased evidence - Descriptive Statistics and Central Tendency
Measures of central tendency including mode, median and mean. Discussion included strengths and weaknesses of each measure. Also discussed how the mean is influenced by extreme scores leading to skewed distributions and how to distinguish between positively and negatively skewed distributions.
Web Resources
- Release of Test Data and APA's new Ethics Code
This American Psychological Association article describes the ethics of psychologists releasing test data - Measures of Central Tendency
This website describes the measures of central tendency and provides examples of each - Psychological Statistics
This websites from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point gives an overview of graphing techniques in psychological sciences, examples, and practice problems