For Psychology Graduate Students Interested in Non-Academic Careers

I created a Facebook group called "Grads Beyond Academia" to help and connect psychology PhD students interested in non-academic, non-clinical careers after recieving their degree.  It's a place to meet others with similar interests, share resources, ask for advice, and read about others who have gone on to non-academic paths, such as in UX, consulting, government research, and more.  Click the button to the right to request to join, or visit ​https://www.facebook.com/groups/309966456363683/

For Researchers Looking to Collect Data

Using https://www.reddit.com/r/SampleSize/ is great for piloting surveys, completing class projects, and getting responses from motivated survey-takers.  It is completely free, and the number of people you get will depend on how long your survey takes and how interesting it sounds.  Since people are taking it just because they are interested, there is less worry about people rushing through for credit.  Instead, you have people who take a lot of surveys giving you feedback on your questions, which is why it is so useful for pilot testing especially.  People here will point out mistakes you made, which is very helpful! 

For Researchers Who Want Already Collected Data

Google has a tool (in Beta) at https://toolbox.google.com/datasetsearch that allows people to search for publicly accessible datasets.  There are tons of big data (and even medium and small data) sets that can be used for your own research, with a simple, one line search bar.  You can search for outcomes, or topics, or descriptions, and see a list of datasets, along with publications that have come from each one, to help you find data that you don't need to collect yourself.

For consumers of research

Psychology research can present interesting findings about people as a whole, but it's often hard to know how it will apply to YOU.  If a study finds that 70% of people react a certain way to a situation and 30% react another way, that doesn't tell you anything about which group you would fall into.  YourMorals, found at ​ https://www.yourmorals.org/index.php, has tons of surveys about morality and related areas.  After registering with some basic information about yourself, you can take any surveys you are interested in.  After each survey, you will get automated feedback on your responses, how they compare to others, and where you can learn more about what was being studied.  As a conflict of interest statement, I have used it for my own data collection in the past, though I do not currently have any studies actively collecting data, nor do currently have any plans to use it in the future for my own research.