Walker, Ian,  1973- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230249882 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Psychology--Research--Methodology<br/>Psychometrics<br/>Psychology--Research--Methodology<br/>Psychometrics
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>150.72