Our lab engages in rigorous analysis of data collected using a variety of research methods. On this page we have posted a collection of video tutorials and other resources that might be useful to researchers and practitioners in and out of our lab. We thank Dr. Joseph Hammer for his excellent list that helped us compile this one. Have a suggestion? Please send us an email.
General Research Methodology
- Elements of a proposal, by Frank Pajares
- Useful website to learn basic and hard concepts in statistics: http://www.psychology.emory.edu/clinical/bliwise/Tutorials/
Literature Search Tutorials
- Our lab uses Mendeley extensively to organize research articles. Here are 8 video tutorials posted by the Mendeley team.
- Mendeley offers user guides for multiple platforms.
SPSS Tutorials
- Dr. Todd Grande has 190 videos on Statistical Analyses using SPSS. A comprehensive guide to using SPSS for all types of analyses from basic to complex.
- The RStatsInstitute offers a YouTube playlist of tutorials covering many basic statistics concepts.
- SPSS for Newbies offers 72 videos covering a range of basic SPSS topics.
- Useful website to learn SPSS: http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/spss/
MPlus Tutorials
- StatModel.com: The Muthens, who created MPlus, offer videos and handouts that are available for download.
- How to transfer SPSS data into Mplus via comma delimted (.csv) files. This is helpful for making sure missing values are properly coded. If you prefer, here is a version for using tab delimited (.dat) files.
- Moin Ahmed has a 39 video series on Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) , how to do CFA in mplus, binary responses, IRT, multiple-group measurement invariance, higher-order and method factors, and more.
- SPSS for Newbies offers 72 videos covering a range of basic SPSS topics.
APA Style
- Reporting statistics using APA style
- How to report results of common statistical tests in APA format: http://www.psych.uw.edu/writingcenter/writingguides/pdf/stats.pdf
- How to write method and results: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/670/04/
Qualtrics Tutorials
- Qualtrics offers a range of how-to topics in its 54 video tutorials
Qualitative Research Tutorials
- QSR International offers tutorials for using NVivo.
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