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Psychology, Sociology and Human Development: Web Sites & Statistics

Resources for psychology, sociology, family studies and human development.

Psychology and Sociology Statistics and Data

American Sociological Association Research & Stats
CDC Child Development Data and Statistics
Childstats.gov
From the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
National Institute of Mental Health Statistics
NYS Office of Mental Health Statistics and Reports
Statistics Primer
Tutorial with 5 easy to follow units covering all aspects of working with statistics.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Statistics
From the US Department of Health and Human Services,
United Nations Human Development Data

Psychology and Sociology Organization Web Sites

American Psychological Association (APA)
American Psychoanalytic Association
American Sociological Association
Association for Psychological Science
Previously the American Psychological Society
Society for Research in Child Development
New York State Psychological Association

Psychology and Sociology Government Web Sites

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Part of the National Institutes of Health.
National Institute of Mental health
New York State Office of Mental Health
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Statistics
From the US Department of Health and Human Services,

Selected Research Methods Web Sites

Psychology Research Methods Text
Focuses on basics of research design and the critical analysis of professional research.
Research Methods: From Question to Conclusion
Activity exploring how psychologists draw solid conclusions from the complex and often ambiguous phenomena they study.
Social Research Methods
Resources and links for applied social research and evaluation.

ScienceDaily Mind & Brain News

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Trusting information from the web

The web is a mix of high and low quality resources. Evaluating your sources is always an important part of research, but even more so on the web.

Evaluating Information Sources for Purpose, Perspective, Agenda, and Bias
This section of the Information Skills Tutorial shows you how to decide whether an information resource is
* relevant to your topic
* written by someone with the appropriate expertise and credentials
* recent enough
* objective and trustworthy enough

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