Infosys 271: Lecture

Brief description of Lecture: Lecture Slides
In this lecture, I went over the bascis of research design. I discussed the manipulation and control of Independent Variables (IV), the selction and emasurement of Dependent Variables (DV) and the various ways to control possible confounding variables. I also dicussed the whole concept of measurement and talked about the four levels of measurement: Norminal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio.

Main References

 

Discussion on measurement scales

 
Elementary Concepts in Statistics  
Dependent vs. Independent Variables  
Discussion of Independent and Dependent Variables  

Other References

 

Methods in Behavioral research

 
Ccourse on psychology research methods