Chapter 3: Finding and Creating Knowledge
Learning Outcomes
By participating in the lab you will have the opportunity to:
- Select appropriate information retrieval systems for accessing the information you need.
- Access and use research/literature search services available from the Cal Poly Pomona Library.
- Distinguish among primary, secondary, and tertiary literature sources.
- Correctly communicate in writing full citations for bibliographic referenes.
- Explain the methods followed in designing and implementing a scientific investigation.
- Define and differentiate between null and alternative hypotheses.
- Define, identify, and differentiate among independent, dependent, and standardized variables.
- Explain what control treatments are and why they are required.
- Describe the value of replication and randomization to experimental design.
- Design, set-up, and initiate an experiment based on your research proposal.
