
Research Methods in Psychology
- 584 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Research Methods in Psychology
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.
In each chapter you will find:
Ā·Key concept boxes to help you stay on track and focus on what's most important
Ā·Real life examples which make the theory easier to understand
Ā·Exercises tocheckyou've understood the chapter
Ā·Questions to help you develop your critical thinking.
Also available online are:
Ā·Multiple choice questionstotest your understanding
Ā·Datasets to allow you to practice your skills
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Editors and Contributors
- Preface
- Discover Your Textbook's Online Resources!
- 1 Research Questions, Design, Strategy and Choice of Methods
- 2 Ethics
- 3 Big Questions and New Methods
- 4 Capturing and Recording Information
- 5 Telling Others about Your Research
- 6 Psychology as a Science: What is Science?
- 7 Accessing Difficult to Access Information
- 8 Quasi-experimental Designs (including Observational Methods)
- 9 Experimental Design
- 10 Interviewing and Focus Groups
- 11 Descriptive Statistics: Graphical and Numerical Methods
- 12 Content Analysis, Thematic Analysis and Discourse Analysis
- 13 Self-report Data
- 14 Questionnaire Design
- 15 Surveys and Sampling
- 16 Inferential Statistics
- 17 Factorial ANOVA
- 18 Correlation and Regression
- 19 Creating Latent Variables
- Appendix 1: Student's t Distribution
- Appendix 2: The Ļ2 Distribution
- Glossary
- References
- Index