Research Methods in Psychology is a standard required course in pretty much any psychology major. In our department at SUNY New Paltz, this is a four-credit class with a large laboratory component.

Both in the mathematical sense and in the business world, an independent variable is one that stands alone and is not affected by outside forces. When it comes to evaluating cost in business, ...

In a controlled experiment, researchers meticulously manipulate one or more variables to determine their effect on another ...

Consider a dependent variable y linearly related to one or more independent variables, where several parallel lines must be used to model the relationship due to data points occurring in distinct ...

Classifying a variable as a particular type of data is important when considering how to present the data. Data can be presented in a number of ways, which depends on the type of variable and the uses ...

The accurate characterization of input processes for simulation models can require the representation of dependencies among input values. Results are presented on the generation of dependent ...