Introduction to research methods in psychology/IRMP102/Unit 1 Resources

Resources used in this unit

Price, P. C., Jhangiani, R. S., & Chiang, I. A. (2015). Research Methods in Psychology (2nd Cdn. ed.). Victoria, BC: BCcampus Open Ed.

"Interpreting Correlations" website

Spurious Correlations website

"Everyday Research Methods" blog

"Research Randomizer" website

The NOBA Project's module "Conducting Psychology Research in the Real World," written by Matthias R. Mehl

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