Research Methods in Psychology
  1. 584 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

The world of Research Methods is always changing and becoming ever more complex. Now completely up to date with the latest innovations, this book engages with recent controversies to give you the best start with your research.

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Ā·Key concept boxes to help you stay on track and focus on what's most important

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Ā·Questions to help you develop your critical thinking.

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Ā·A flashcard glossary to help with revision.

Offering a complete package to anyone taking a research methods course as part of their degree.

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Yes, you can access Research Methods in Psychology by Glynis M Breakwell, Daniel B. Wright, Julie Barnett, Glynis M Breakwell,Daniel B. Wright,Julie Barnett in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & History & Theory in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. About the Editors and Contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Discover Your Textbook's Online Resources!
  9. 1 Research Questions, Design, Strategy and Choice of Methods
  10. 2 Ethics
  11. 3 Big Questions and New Methods
  12. 4 Capturing and Recording Information
  13. 5 Telling Others about Your Research
  14. 6 Psychology as a Science: What is Science?
  15. 7 Accessing Difficult to Access Information
  16. 8 Quasi-experimental Designs (including Observational Methods)
  17. 9 Experimental Design
  18. 10 Interviewing and Focus Groups
  19. 11 Descriptive Statistics: Graphical and Numerical Methods
  20. 12 Content Analysis, Thematic Analysis and Discourse Analysis
  21. 13 Self-report Data
  22. 14 Questionnaire Design
  23. 15 Surveys and Sampling
  24. 16 Inferential Statistics
  25. 17 Factorial ANOVA
  26. 18 Correlation and Regression
  27. 19 Creating Latent Variables
  28. Appendix 1: Student's t Distribution
  29. Appendix 2: The χ2 Distribution
  30. Glossary
  31. References
  32. Index