Empirical Research Methods I

Main resources:

• Psychological Research 
  • Video - Psychological Research: Crash Course Psychology #2 - 10m50s:
• Science and scientific thinking
  • Video - The Scientific Method: Steps, Examples, Tips, and Exercise - 8m38:
  • Video - Fact vs. Theory vs. Hypothesis vs. Law… EXPLAINED! - 7m11: 
  • Medium article - Scientific Thinking and the Scientific Method: https://www.geo.sunysb.edu/esp/files/scientific-method.html
• Research questions, independent and dependent variables:
  • Video - Biology: Independent vs. Dependent Variables - 3m16:
  • Video - Independent and Dependent Variables - 2m46s:
• Control- and confounding variables:
  • Video - Biology: Controlled Experiments - 4m06s:
  • Short Text - Control Variable: Simple Definition: http://www.statisticshowto.com/control-variable/
  • Short Text - Confounding Variable: Simple Definition and Example: http://www.statisticshowto.com/experimental-design/confounding-variable/
• Levels/Scales of measurement (scale levels):
  • Video - Types of Data: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval/Ratio - Statistics Help - 6m19s:
  • Short Text - Scales of Measurement / Level of Measurement: http://www.statisticshowto.com/scales-of-measurement/
• Field- vs. lab study:
  • Short Text - Experimental Method: https://www.simplypsychology.org/experimental-method.html
• Population vs. sample:
  • Video - Population vs sample - 3m53s:
  • Medium Text - Populations and Samples: https://stattrek.com/sampling/populations-and-samples.aspx 

Additional resources:

• Research Methods in Educational Technology:
  • Book - "Multidisciplinary Methods in Educational Technology Research and Development": http://justusrandolph.net/articles/multidisciplinary_methods.pdf