Comprehensive, clear, and practical, Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology is the essential student guide to understanding and undertaking quantitative and qualitative research in psychology. Revised throughout, this new edition includes a new chapter on Managing your research project. This is the ideal guide for students just beginning and those moving on to more advanced research methods projects in psychology. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit TheeBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access yourdigitalebookproducts whilst you have yourBookshelf installed.
Contents Introduction Acknowledgements Part 1 Basics of research 1 Role of research in psychology 2 Aims and hypotheses in research 3 Variables, concepts and measures 4 Problems of generalisation and decision-making in research: Chance findings and sample size 5 Research reports: The total picture 6 Improving your quantitative write-up 7 Literature search 8 Ethics and data management in research Part 2 Quantitative research methods 9 Basic laboratory experiments 10 Advanced experimental designs 11 Cross-sectional or correlational research: Non-manipulation studies 12 Longitudinal studies 13 Sampling and population surveys 14 Data analysis issues and scientific progress Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement 15 Psychological tests: Their use and construction 16 Reliability and validity: Evaluating the value of tests and measures 17 Coding data Part 4 Qualitative research methods 18 Why qualitative research? 19 Qualitative data collection 20 Transcribing language data: Jefferson system 21 Thematic analysis 22 Grounded theory 23 Discourse analysis 24 Conversation analysis 25 Interpretative phenomenological analysis 26 Evaluating qualitative research 27 Improving your qualitative write-up Part 5 Research for projects, dissertations and theses 28 Developing ideas for research 29 Managing your research project Glossary References Index
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