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    Welcome to Monash Psychology's Research Portal: Conduct your next research project entirely online.

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    Research process

    Useful information and links for each step of your research project.

    • 1. Identify an area of interest
      • A. Review the possible research areas
      • B. Make a choice
      • C. Discuss your research ideas with your supervisor
    • 2. Investigate your research topic
      • A. Start thinking, reading, generating ideas
      • B. Generate a specific research question
      • C. The literature review
      • D. Produce a research proposal
        • Aims and Hypotheses
    • 3. Ethics
      • Human Research
      • Animal Research
    • 4. Select measures
      • Measures come in all shapes and sizes
      • How to choose the best measure
      • Copyright
      • Online databases
      • Open-source online links
      • Monash's online test repository
      • Developing your test
    • 5. Select participants
      • Sona Systems
      • TurkPrime
      • Social media
    • 6. Collect and manage data
      • Managing your data
    • 7. Analyse data
      • Online tools
      • Textbooks
    • 8. Write report
      • Resources and guides for thesis writing
      • APA referencing guides and resources
      • Tips to help your writing
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    A practical laboratory fitted with the tools you need to collect and analyse data.

    • The vLab: Start Here
      • Uploading & downloading files for SPSS
    • vLab applications
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        • Inquisit Lab
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      • MATLAB
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      • R
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  • Supervision and communication

    Supervision and communication

    Supervision process guidelines and tools you can use to communicate with your supervisor and other researchers.

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    • Supervision guides and resources
    • Other communication tools
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