• The PRC has a number of resources to help in the preparation for your thesis as well as resources that will be useful for the research and writing phases.

For example:

Proposals that work: A guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals

Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches

How to conduct surveys: A step-by-step guide

• See the Departmental website tab  “Honours Students ” for information on your thesis, writing tips, scholarships and awards, etc.

• University Essay Editors – an online essay editing, proof-reading and tutoring company geared for university students. They help students with everything regarding their academic studies- help with essay writing and editing, research skills, tutorial preparation, thesis development, personal statements, academic CVs/resumes, tutoring, etc. https://editmypaper.ca/

• Univeristy of Washington, Psychology Writing Center details how to write a Psychology Literature Review.
  http://www.psych.uw.edu/psych.php?p=335

• “How to Recognize Plagiarism” – This tutorial, created by Indiana Universty Bloomington, School of Education, is designed to help users to understand and recognize plagiarism.

 https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/

• KaleidaGraph – software for graphing data and displaying analysis (trial downloads and for sale). Also contains information and suggestions on ways to make poster and talk presentations clearer and more interesting to the onlooker
  http://www.synergy.com/wordpress_650164087/kaleidagraph/
• APA Poster Instructions : http://www.apa.org/convention/poster-instructions.pdf
• “APA Style Referencing for Posters with Images” – Lethbridge College: https://lethbridgecollege.ca/document-centre/forms/apa-style-guide/apa-guide

• Guide for writing a funding proposal
  • http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/
  • https://msu.edu/course/aec/874/Pages/Levine.GuideForWritingAFundingProposal.pdf

• Drogin, E.Y. et al. (Ed.). Handbook of forensic assessment: psychological and psychiatric perspectives. New Jersey: Wiley & Sons, Inc. [RA 1151 H 245 2011] – sample reports

Research Papers

• Rider University – “Writing a Research Paper (using interviews)” http://users.rider.edu/~suler/interviews.html
•  University of Washington
  “Psychology Writing Center Writing Guides” http://www.psych.uw.edu/
  including : “Writing an APA Lab Report”
• Capital Community College – a sample APA Style 6th Ed. Research Paper http://webster.commnet.edu/library/apa.pdf
• “How to write a research paper” http://www.questianewsletter.com/newsletter/volume-7-issue-01/index.htm#featurette – This and other writing tips from QUESTIA (http://www.questia.com/ )- *** paid content***
  

• Reporting Statistics in your paper
  • http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/statistics/
• Inferential and Descriptive Statistics
• http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/statistics/
• Videos on how to calculate basic stats.
  • http://www.khanacademy.org/#Statistics
• Stats Make Me Cry -Includes free access to: Stats and Research blog; SPSS video tutorials;R video tutorials http://www.statsmakemecry.com/
• Lecture Notes / Tips of Professor James Johnson: Introduction to Statistics; Introduction to Applied Statistics; Mathematics; etc. https://people.richland.edu/james/lecture/

• Guide – How to fix 5 hidden survey-writing mistakes:  “5 survey-writing mistakes you didn’t even know you were making”