Published by Pearson (July 7, 2020) © 2020
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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.
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- 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