1. The Benefits of Research in Practice: The Synergistic Relationship between Design and Social Science 2. Formulating Research Questions: Looking Back and Looking Ahead 3. Reading the Literature: Locating, Obtaining, and Evaluating Sources 4. Using Human Participants in Research: Guidelines and Best Practices 5. Measuring Outcomes: Asking Questions, Using Scales 6. Methodological Approaches: An Overview 7. Correlational Approaches: The Usefulness of Associations 8. Experimental and Quasi-experimental Designs: Determining Causality 9. Qualitative Strategies: The Benefits of Narrative-based Approaches, Observation and Archival Research 10. Software Tools for Data Collection 11. Software Tools for Data Analysis 12. Reaching an Audience: Sharing Your Findings
Biography
Ann Sloan Devlin is the May Buckley Sadowski ’19 Emerita Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College, New London, USA. She has published extensively on healthcare environments, evidence-based design, and research methods. She is the author of eight books and was editor-in-chief of the journal Environment & Behavior from 2016-2018.
