Abstract: In this article by reviewing the psychological methodology in China for the past twenty years the researchers generalized the main psychological research method s (and statistical techniques) in China and assessed the trends of psychological re search methods (and statistical techniques) in China for the past twenty years. They chose three representative psychology journals published in China from 198 1_1998 and had the articles in these journals classified and counted according to research methods and data analysis/treatment. By the percentage of every met hod and treatment in each year they pictured the developmental trend of the main methods and showed the trend of psychological research methods (and statist ical techniques) in China for the past twenty years clearly. By further analysis they also pointed out the main problems and gave some helpful suggestions for i mproving psychological research in China. Especially suggestions about the limit ation of quantitative methods and the application of western scales in China is valuable for reference.

Key words: psychological research methodology, method of data anal ysis, review