INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780230249882 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Call number |
150.72 |
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Authors |
Walker, Ian, |
Dates |
1973- |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Research methods and statistics |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Ian Walker |
VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
Title proper/short title |
Research methods & statistics |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] : |
Publisher |
Palgrave Macmillan, |
Date |
c2010. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xii, 258 p. : |
Other Details |
ill. ; |
Size |
22 cm. |
SERIES STATEMENT |
Series statement |
Palgrave insights in psychology |
GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Includes index. |
CONTENTS |
Contents |
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. |
SUMMARY |
Summary |
"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. |
STUDY PROGRAM |
Program name |
MIST926 EDGZ921 |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Psychology |
General |
Research |
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Methodology |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Psychometrics |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Psychology |
General |
Research |
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Methodology |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical Heading |
Psychometrics |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/tsqzavy8bp2yk6o8uj6vo8g3trmvol9c |
Public note |
Location Map |
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40703 |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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23972 |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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40680 |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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23972 |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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40680 |