Walker, Ian, 1973-
Research methods and statistics Research methods & statistics Ian Walker - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. - xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Palgrave insights in psychology .
Includes index.
RESEARCH DESIGN -- Introduction -- The First Three Stages of Designing a Study -- Samples and Populations -- Types of Study Observation, Experiment, Qualitative -- The Mighty Experiment -- Qualitative Research -- Ethics -- Putting It All Together: Thinking Through Two Study Designs -- STATISTICS -- How Statistics Are Used to Describe Research Findings -- Describing Research Findings with Graphs -- Presenting Qualitative Data -- The Chi Squared Test -- The Normal Distribution -- Looking For A Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon] -- Explain What Parametricity Is -- Looking at Relationships -- Qualitative Analysis -- REFERENCE -- Writing Research Reports -- Glossary.
"Whether its designing a study, conducting an experiment, or analysing the results, research methods are an integral part of Psychology. In this student-friendly introduction, Walker covers the different types of study, quantitative data, statistics and ethics"--Provided by publisher.
9780230249882
Psychology--Research--Methodology
Psychometrics
Psychology--Research--Methodology
Psychometrics
150.72
Research methods and statistics Research methods & statistics Ian Walker - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. - xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Palgrave insights in psychology .
Includes index.
RESEARCH DESIGN -- Introduction -- The First Three Stages of Designing a Study -- Samples and Populations -- Types of Study Observation, Experiment, Qualitative -- The Mighty Experiment -- Qualitative Research -- Ethics -- Putting It All Together: Thinking Through Two Study Designs -- STATISTICS -- How Statistics Are Used to Describe Research Findings -- Describing Research Findings with Graphs -- Presenting Qualitative Data -- The Chi Squared Test -- The Normal Distribution -- Looking For A Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon] -- Explain What Parametricity Is -- Looking at Relationships -- Qualitative Analysis -- REFERENCE -- Writing Research Reports -- Glossary.
"Whether its designing a study, conducting an experiment, or analysing the results, research methods are an integral part of Psychology. In this student-friendly introduction, Walker covers the different types of study, quantitative data, statistics and ethics"--Provided by publisher.
9780230249882
Psychology--Research--Methodology
Psychometrics
Psychology--Research--Methodology
Psychometrics
150.72