Written sources (Journals, Trade Magazines, Bridge publications, Magazines, Books)
Electronic Resources (PsychINFO, Infotrac, Web of science, The Internet)
Where to Conduct Research
Laboratory
Field
Office
Research Methods
Experiment
Quasi-experiment
Case study
Correlation
Survey
Interview
Natural observation
Experiment
Independent variable is manipulated and subjects are randomly assigned to conditions
Quasi-experiment
Independent variable is not manipulated or subjects are not randomly assigned to conditions
Considerations for Subjects
Size
Students vs. "real world"
Inducements to Participate (Extra credit, Money, Intrinsic reasons, Ordered to participate)
If investigating whether the length of time it took for an employee to report sexual harassment influenced jurors' decisions, students as subjects would be different from having people from the community
The inducement used to get subjects to participate could affect the type of person agreeing to participate