Introduction to research methods in psychology /
By: Howitt, Dennis
Title By: Cramer, Duncan
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BookPublisher: New York : Pearson, 2014.Edition: 4th Ed.Description: xxii, 508 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780273775058Subject(s): Psychology -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 150.72
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| 150.28553 MA IN An introduction to MATLAB for behavioral researchers / | 150.72 CO DI Dissertations and theses from start to finish : | 150.72 HA RE Research methods and statistics in psychology / | 150.72 HO IN Introduction to research methods in psychology / | 150.72 HO IN Introduction to qualitative research methods in psychology : | 150.72 PH IN Introducing psychological research | 150.72 YA HA Handbook of research and quantitative methods in psychology: |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Guided tour -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- The basics of research -- The role of research in psychology -- Aims and hypotheses in research -- Variables, concepts and measures -- The problems of generalisation and decision-making in research : chance findings and sample size -- Research reports : the total picture -- Examples of how to write research reports -- The literature search -- Ethics and data management in research -- Quantitative research methods -- The basic laboratory experiment -- Advanced experimental design -- Cross-sectional or correlational research : non-manipulation studies -- Longitudinal studies -- Sampling and population surveys -- Fundamentals of testing and measurement -- Psychological tests : their use and construction -- Reliability and validity : evaluating the value of tests and measures -- Coding data -- Qualitative research methods -- Why qualitative research? -- Qualitative data collection -- Transcribing language data : the jefferson system -- Thematic analysis -- Grounded theory -- Discourse analysis -- Conversation analysis -- Interpretative phenomenological analysis -- Evaluating and writing up qualitative research -- Research for projects, dissertations and theses -- Developing ideas for research -- Glossary -- References -- Index.