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		<title>Why Study Research Methods?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Surveys have shown that research methods is students least favourite topic. So why do we have to study them? This short film answers that question. All psychological research uses research methods, so we can’t ‘know’ a study, until we also know about the research that produced it. This is why research methods are so important. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Research is a journey from subjective to objective knowledge: from how we personally understand something to knowledge that is independent of our opinions, prejudices &#38; personal beliefs. Methods are&#160;the tools and techniques used to collect, analyse, and interpret data, that take psychologists from subjectivity to objectivity: from what they think to what they now know [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[In a recent post I outlined the WHAT technique, a “strong, yet simple, way to analyse and evaluate any research study” by encouraging students to break any study down into 4 key areas: What were the aims of the study? How was the study carried-out? Answers: what were the key findings of the research? Takeaways: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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