research-methods-psych
Research methodology in psychology. Covers experimental design (independent/dependent variables, random assignment, control conditions, between/within-subjects designs), research ethics (informed consent, deception, debriefing, IRB review, APA ethical principles), statistical methods in psychology (null hypothesis significance testing, p-values, effect sizes, confidence intervals, power analysis), and the replication crisis (publication bias, p-hacking, questionable research practices, preregistration, open science). Use when designing psychological research, evaluating study quality, interpre
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# Research Methods in Psychology Psychology's claim to be a science rests on its methods. Unlike philosophy or folk wisdom, psychology makes empirical claims testable through systematic observation and experimentation. This skill covers the experimental method as applied in psychological research, the ethical framework governing human subjects research, the statistical tools used to evaluate evidence, and the ongoing replication crisis that has forced the field to confront its methodological shortcomings. **Agent affinity:** kahneman (research design, statistical thinking), james (methodological pragmatism, what constitutes evidence) **Concept IDs:** psych-perception-construction, psych-cognitive-biases, psych-social-influence, psych-learning-theory ## Research Methods at a Glance | # | Domain | Core Question | Key Concepts | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Experimental design | How do we establish causation? | IV/DV, random assignment, control, confounds | | 2 | Non-experimental methods | How do we study what we cannot manipulate? | Correlation, observation, case studies, surveys | | 3 | Research ethics | How do we protect participants? | Informed consent, deception, debriefing, IRB | | 4
- Research Methods at a Glance
- Domain 1 -- Experimental Design
- The logic of experimentation
- Key elements
- Between-subjects vs. within-subjects
- Factorial designs
- Validity
- Domain 2 -- Non-Experimental Methods
- Correlational research
- Observational methods
- Case studies
- Surveys
- Domain 3 -- Research Ethics
- Historical catalysts
What does the research-methods-psych skill do?
Research methodology in psychology. Covers experimental design (independent/dependent variables, random assignment, control conditions, between/within-subjects designs), research ethics (informed consent, deception, debriefing, IRB review, APA ethical principles), statistical methods in psychology (null hypothesis significance testing, p-values, effect sizes, confidence intervals, power analysis), and the replication crisis (publication bias, p-hacking, questionable research practices, preregistration, open science). Use when designing psychological research, evaluating study quality, interpre
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Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill research-methods-psych --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
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Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.