Goals of behavioral science
Describe
Predict
Explain
Control
Step 1
Identify a problem
- find new ideas - area of interest - research hypothesis
Step 2
Develop research plan
- define variables being tested
- identify participants and how to sample
- select research strategy and design
Step 3
Conduct study
Step 4
Analyze and evaluate data
- statistics
- is hypothesis supported/ non supported
Step5
Communicate results
- published paper
- oral presentation
Step 6
Generate new ideas
Basic research
Exploring and expanding knowledge
Applied research
Finding potential solutions for an issue
The 3 C’s for conducting a literature review
- comprehensive
- critical
- clever
Comprehensive
- multiple databases
- know format for journal articles
Critical
- ask questions and remain objective
- know sources
Clever
-unique ways to advance research
Format for journal article
- abstract
- introduction
- method
- results
- discussion
- references
Belmont report 3 principles
- respect for persons
- beneficence
- justice
Respect for persons
-autonomous agents : participants capable of making informed decisions
Beneficence
- protect from harm and ensure well-being of participants
- maximize benefits and minimize potential
Justice
- fairly administered, non-exploitative research
- participants involved are representative of those who would benefit
Construct (conceptual) variable
Known to exist, but cannot directly be measured
Operational definition
Ways in which a construct can be measured
- forms of measurement
Quantitative variable
Varies by amount
-measured as a numeric number
Qualitative variable
Varies by class
-category or label
Continuous variable
Can take on a full range of values
-infinite number of potential values
Discrete variable
Can only be whole numbers
-no values can exist between
