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Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology, second edition, provides clear, comprehensive and innovative coverage of quantitative and qualitative research methods for psychology students throughout their studies. In this essential text for psychology students, the research process is broken down into manageable steps to equip students with the skills to ask intelligent research questions, carry out a literature review, choose an appropriate research design, carry out data collection and write up their findings. Throughout the book research examples are discussed which offer an insight into how research advances our understanding in areas such as forensic, social, educational, and abnormal psychology.
| ISBN | 013205163X | | Pages | 464 | | ISBN13 | 9780132051637
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 880 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Imprint | Prentice Hall | | Previous ISBN | 9780131399846 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 246 | | Publication date | 06 Dec 2007 | | Width (mm) | 189 | | DEWEY | 150.72 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Alternative ISBN | 9780273726074 |
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| Pt. 1 | | The basics of research | | 1 | | 1 | | The role at research in psychology | | 3 | | 2 | | Aims and hypotheses in research | | 21 | | 3 | | Variables, concepts and measures | | 36 | | 4 | | The problems of generalisation: Chance findings and sample size | | 52 | | 5 | | Research reports: The total picture | | 69 | | 6 | | Examples of how to write research reports | | 97 | | 7 | | The literature search | | 120 | | 8 | | Ethics in research | | 140 | | Pt. 2 | | Quantitative research methods | | 157 | | 9 | | The basic laboratory experiment | | 159 | | 10 | | Advanced experimental design | | 184 | | 11 | | Cross-sectional or correlational research: Non-manipulation studies | | 202 | | 12 | | Longitudinal studies | | 214 | | 13 | | Sampling and population surveys | | 226 | | Pt. 3 | | Fundamentals of testing and measurement | | 241 | | 14 | | Psychological tests: Their use and construction | | 243 | | 15 | | Reliability and validity: Evaluating the value of tests and measures | | 260 | | 16 | | Coding data | | 273 | | Pt. 4 | | Qualitative research methods | | 283 | | 17 | | Why qualitative research? | | 285 | | 18 | | Qualitative data collection | | 297 | | 19 | | Transcribing language data: The Jefferson system | | 309 | | 20 | | Data analysis: Grounded theory | | 318 | | 21 | | Thematic analysis | | 333 | | 22 | | Discourse analysis | | 349 | | | More... | | |
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