Research methods: Theory and ethics (PSBE2-08)

Mandatory articles for the course Research methods: theory and ethics. Detailed and well-explained notes all based on the required articles. The writer scored a 9 on this course by using these notes.

Summary of P.E. Meehl's article 'Why Summaries of Psychological Theories are Often Unintrepretable' up until Page 217. This corresponds to the reading for week 1 for 'Research Methods: Theory and Ethics' for 2nd year psychology students at the RUG in 2019/2020. I suggest you keep the full article near you while studying. While I tried to put the highlights in my summary, there might be information in the full article that you consider to be important.

The required readings for the course Research methods: theory and ethics. Detailed and well-elaborated notes all based on the mandatory articles. The writer scored a 9 on this course using these notes.

Summary of Button et al.'s article 'Power failure: why small sample size undermines the reliability of neuroscience. This is part of the reading for week 5 for 'Research Methods: Theory and Ethics' for 2nd year psychology students at the RUG in 2019/2020. I suggest you keep the full article near you while studying. While I tried to put the highlights in my summary, there might be information in the full article that you consider to be important.

Summary of J. Cohen's article 'A Power Primer'. This is part of the reading for week 5 for 'Research Methods: Theory and Ethics' for 2nd year psychology students at the RUG in 2019/2020. I suggest you keep the full article near you while studying. While I tried to put the highlights in my summary, there might be information in the full article that you consider to be important.

Summary of 'Scientists behaving badly' by Martinson et al. This corresponds to the second part of the reading for week 2 of 'Research Methods: Theory and Ethics' for the 2nd year psychology students at the RUG in 2019/2020. I suggest you keep the full article near you while studying. While I tried to put the highlights in my summary, there might be information in the full article that you consider to be important.

Summary of 'When will 'open science' become simply 'science'?' by M. Watson. This corresponds to the fourth part of the reading for week 3 of 'Research Methods: Theory and Ethics' for the 2nd year psychology students at the RUG in 2019/2020.

Summary of 'What has happened down here is the winds have changed' by A. Gelman. This corresponds to the first part of the reading for week 2 of 'Research Methods: Theory and Ethics' for the 2nd year psychology students at the RUG in 2019/2020. I suggest you keep the full article near you while studying. While I tried to put the highlights in my summary, there might be information in the full article that you consider to be important.

Summary of all the reading material for Theory and ethics week 3 - open science lecture notes