Introduction
Assignment text: Using the Walden Library, choose and review a research study in the area of forensic psychology that uses a quantitative design and another that uses a qualitative design. If possible, try to find articles that focus on similar or related topics or research questions in forensic psychology.
Find a quantitative research article
You can start your search for a quantitative research article in forensic psychology in a psychology database such as PsycINFO.
1. On the Library homepage, click on Databases A-Z.
2. Click on P and scroll down to PsycINFO.
Log in with your myWalden email and password.
3. Now you are on a search screen with three Search boxes. We will break your topic down into just keywords and type one concept or keyword(s) per box.
In the first search box type: forensic psychology
In the drop-down box to the right of the search field, select: SU Subjects
In the second search box type: research OR study
In the third search box type: quantitative OR Statistic* OR Correlation*
4. Under the search boxes, check the boxes for "Full Text" and "Peer Reviewed".
5. Click Search.
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Find a qualitative research article
You can start your search for a qualitative research article in forensic psychology in a psychology database such as PsycINFO.
1. On the Library homepage, click on Databases A-Z.
2. Click on P and scroll down to PsycINFO.
Log in with your myWalden email and password.
3. Now you are on a search screen with three Search boxes. We will break your topic down into just keywords and type one concept or keyword(s) per box.
In the first search box type: forensic psychology
In the drop-down box to the right of the search field, select: SU Subjects
In the second search box type: research OR study
In the third search box type: qualitative OR ethnograph* OR phenomen*
4. Under the search boxes, check the boxes for "Full Text" and "Peer Reviewed".
5. Click Search.
More information: