In the late 1700s, Edward Jenner applied the scientific method and discovered that injecting people with cowpox prevented them from acquiring smallpox—leading to the first vaccine. In the fourth video of the series, individuals listen to...

Not quite a star, not quite a planet ... what are brown dwarfs? Young astronomers learn the peculiarities of these heavenly bodies through a short video. The narrator explains the characteristics of brown dwarfs and the different types....

Planning a semester or year-long psychology course? Check out this series of videos that could be used as an overview for each unit of study. The second session of a 13-part course examines psychological research and research methods...

Suicide is one of the most tragic events in human existence, and it is also one of the least understandable phenomena in sociology. Emile Durkheim's 19th century work Suicide is the focus of a short analysis video that connects...

You can bet on Bayes. Continuing from the previous video, scholars learn about Bayesian statistics and hypothesis testing. The 25th installment of the Crash Course Statistics series applies these concepts to continuous data and to...

This lesson shows how to use the scientific method when performing an experiment. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Applying the Scientific Method."

This lesson will explain the basic research method, the animal method, and applied research.