Research Methods

by McBurney, Donald H.

• ISBN13: 9780495602194
• ISBN10: 0495602191
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

The exciting new 8th Edition of RESEARCH METHODS provides readers with a scientific approach to understanding the field of psychology. The text's logical, step-by-step coverage is the result of decades of author experience, and includes all of the stages of the research process: selecting the project, searching for literature, choosing a protocol, and getting published. RESEARCH METHODS also presents the reader with problems from psychological literature, in order to examine how real-life psychology professionals design and conduct effective research.

Table of Contents

Psychology and Science

Developing a Research Question

Ethics in Research

Writing in Psychology

Variables

Tabular and Graphical Description of Data

Validity

Control

Noneexperimental Research

Observational, Archival, and Case-Study Research

Nonexperimental Research

Survey Research

True Experiments

Single Factor Designs

True Experiments

Factorial Designs

Single-Participant Experiments

Quasi Experiments

Epilogue: Biases and Limitations of Experimental Psychology

Review of Statistics

Random-Number Table

Population Data Set

Suggested Answers to "Reading Between the Lines"

Key for Identifying Appropriate Graphs and Statistics

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