1. Can we support your idea?
Once you have met your dissertation supervisor and have decided on a project idea, you may need technical support to get your idea up and running!
Please complete the form below to inform us of your research requirements, or alternatively, pop us an email.
2. Think about your research design
Meet with your supervisor and decide whether you would like to complete an online study or an in-person or lab study.
Ensure you consider ethics when you design your study, including your Sona advert, anonymity status for your participant information sheet (PIS) and Sona credits. More on Sona in section 5!
3. PsychTech support
The Psychology Technicians may be able to support your research with technical expertise and loan equipment. If you require PsychTech support with your research study, please click the button below and complete the form:
The Psychology Technicians have equipment that may be loaned out by students for their research, including psychological tests and measures. More information can be found by clicking the button below:
Psychtech Study Suite
A focused space with expert support on hand.
The PsychTech Study Suite is a dedicated workspace for making progress on dissertations and research projects. Settle in, get to work, and know that the PsychTech team is right there with you, working alongside and ready to help with tools like QuestionPro, Sona, data cleaning, or any technical part of your research journey.
Whether you’re cleaning data, building a survey, or just trying to get that intro written, come and study with us!
4. Create your study
Visit PsychTech for useful information, help pages and dates for training and drop-in sessions for QuestionPro. Please use only the link on the PsychTech website to create your QuestionPro account.
TIP: save the questionpro URL to your browser favourites for future use!
To access a Psychology Lab, please complete the Student Lab Access Request Form
If you require lab time you will need to book this either using the lab calendar or via the Room Bookings system (you will be informed which on lab induction).
If you need technician assistance in creating your study, please use this link to determine how best we can support you.
5. Sona
If you wish to use Sona to recruit participants for your study then you will need to request a researcher account. A link to the request form, the school's Sona rules and how to add and manage studies can be found on the Sona support page on the PsychTech website.
You can configure Sona and QuestionPro to redirect participants back to Sona to receive their credits automatically once they have submitted their response. This guide shows you how!
9. Data cleaning
Check out the PsychTech webpage on data cleaning including Excel, Jasp, Jamovi and SPSS
If you need assistance with your data cleaning, please complete this form to determine how the Psychology Technicians can best support you.
10. Data analysis
If you require support with your data analysis, including determining, performing and interpreting statistical tests, please complete this form to determine how Maths and Stats Help (MASH) at the University Library can best support you.
11. Close down your study
Remember to close your survey and Sona advert, if applicable, after you have completed collecting data.
12. Further support
The University Library provides additional support for writing development, statistics, finding and using information sourcesm and referencing. Please see the Library Website for further information and available webinars and workshop sessions.
Student Toolbox
The PsychTech website has a wealth of information and useful links to training and help guides for commonly used psychology software.
Helpful tools:
- Connected Papers
- Research Rabbit
- Google scholar
- The library
- Zotero
- APA citation generator
- W3
- SPSS cheat sheet
- MASH SPSS guidelines
- Online Graph maker
- Enago
- Journal Finder
- OriginLab- Student edition
- gnuplot
- G*power analysis
Contact the Psychology Technicians for any questions or support by submitting this form, emailing psychtech@lincoln.ac.uk or visiting us in SSB4217.
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