Thinking critically about psychology research Critical thinking is often taught in undergraduate psychology degrees, and is a key marking criteria for higher marks in many assignments. But getting your head around how to write critically can sometimes be difficult. It can take practice. The aim of this short blog is to provide an introduction toContinue reading “How to demonstrate critical evaluation in your psychology assignments”
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A simple guide to understanding hypotheses and p values
What are research hypotheses and why do we need them? As you’ll know, the broad starting process to developing new studies in quantitative research is to: Hypotheses must be testable to allow us to scientifically assess whether a phenomenon has occurred in a given sample. (If the hypothesis can’t actually be “disproven” in this wayContinue reading “A simple guide to understanding hypotheses and p values”
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