Foundations of psychological research. Students, are introduced to qualitative and quantitative, research processes and basic concepts. Topics, include (1) elements of the research process; (2), types of designs, program evaluation; (3) ethical, considerations of research: informed consent,, research with diverse and vulnerable populations,, research with children, human subjects review; (4), basic measurement concepts: validity, reliability,, norms, score interpretation; and (5) basic, statistical concepts: frequency distributions,, central tendency, measures of variability,, correlation, normal curve, hypothesis testing,, significance tests. Students read and evaluate, examples of published research. Reviews Web-based, resources for conducting research.