What does doing a research project involve?
A research project involves generating a hypothesis or research question, and then testing that hypothesis or research question by doing an experiment. Your experience will be very different from lab to lab. You will work under the supervision of a professor, post-doc, or graduate student. Your degree of supervision, independence, and interaction with other students will vary with the lab. You could work on a project that is already going on in the lab or you could come up with your own project. Your role might involve any or all of the following: doing literature reviews, designing a study or experiment, creating stimuli, recruiting participants, collecting data, entering and/or coding data, analyzing data. You will need to write a paper at the end of your experience. How do I get involved in research? The most common way to get research experience is to take a research course. Alternatively, students can volunteer or be hired as a research assistant in a laboratory. If you want a mor
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