RESEARCH DESIGN EXPLAINED, International Edition provides students with an appreciation of science's excitement and relevance to psychology, by explaining concepts clearly and using real-life analogies and examples. Focusing on important, fundamental concepts and demonstrating the logic behind research design, authors Mitchell and Jolley help students to develop a true understanding of research design, rather than simply memorize terms.
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Aims to provide students with an appreciation of science's excitement and relevance to psychology, by explaining concepts and using real-life analogies and examples.
1. Psychology, Science, and You.
2. Ethics and Validity: Can We Know, Should We Know, and Can We Afford Not to Know?
3. Generating and Refining Research Hypotheses.
4. Reading, Reviewing, and Replicating Research.
5. Measuring and Manipulating Variables: Reliability and Validity.
6. Beyond Reliability and Validity: The Best Measure for Your Study.
7. Introduction to Descriptive Methods and Correlational Research
8. Survey Research.
9. Internal Validity.
10. The Simple Experiment.
11. Expanding the Simple Experiment: The Multiple-Group Experiment.
12. Expanding the Experiment: Factorial Designs.
13. Matched Pairs, Within-Subjects, and Mixed Designs.
14. Single-n Designs and Quasi-Experiments.
15. Putting It All Together: Writing Research Proposals and Reports.
Appendix A. APA Format Checklist.
Appendix B. Sample APA-Style Paper.
Appendix C. Checklist for Evaluating a Study's Validity
Appendix D. Statistics and Random Numbers Table
Web Appendix: Online Practical Tips for Conducting an Ethical and Valid Study
Web Appendix: Online Introduction to Statistics
Glossary.
References.
Index.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780495803997
Publisert
2009-02-12
Utgave
7. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Vekt
1010 gr
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
187 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
06, P
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
640