The Psychologist as Detective (inbunden)
Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
480
Utgivningsdatum
2006-04-01
Upplaga
4
Förlag
Pearson
Medarbetare
Davis, Stephen F.
Illustratör/Fotograf
Illustrations
Illustrationer
illustrations
Dimensioner
239 x 194 x 25 mm
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
MINI BOOK
ISBN
9780132277310

The Psychologist as Detective

An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology

Inbunden,  Engelska, 2006-04-01

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For undergraduate courses in Experimental Psychology, Research Methods, or Experimental Design.

This text conveys the excitement of research methodology through a lively, conversational style. To make the study of the research process interactive and accessible, student-focused features and critical thinking activities are integrated throughout the text. Actual student research appears in each chapter to increase relevance and heighten student interest.
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Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology

Chapter 2: Research Ideas, Critiquing Research, and Hypotheses

Chapter 3: Ethics in Psychological Research

Chapter 4: Nonexperimental Methods I: Descriptive Methods, Qualitative Research, and Correlational Studies

Chapter 5: Nonexperimental Methods II: Ex Post Facto Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sampling, and Basic Research Strategies

Chapter 6: The Basics of Experimentation I: Variables and Control

Chapter 7: The Basics of Experimentation II: Final Considerations, Unanticipated Influences, and Cross-Cultural Issues

Chapter 8: Internal and External Validity

Chapter 9: Using Statistics to Answer Questions

Chapter 10: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with Two Groups

Chapter 11: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with More than Two Groups

Chapter 12: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables

Chapter 13: Alternative Research Designs

Chapter 14: Writing and Assembling an APA-Format Research Report