Research methods and statistics
By: Walker, Ian
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BookSeries: Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010.Description: xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780230249882Program: MIST926 EDGZ921Other title: Research methods & statistics.Subject(s): Psychology -- Research -- Methodology | Psychometrics | Psychology -- Research -- Methodology | PsychometricsDDC classification: 150.72 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | Course reserves |
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| 150.72 SA EX Exploring research / | 150.72 TO WA Toward a more perfect psychology : | 150.72 WA RE Research methods and statistics | 150.72 WA RE Research methods and statistics | 150.72 WI IN Introducing qualitative research in psychology / | 150.721 GR RE Research methods for the behavioral sciences / | 150.721 HA IN Investigating the psychological world : |
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.
MIST926 EDGZ921