An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology
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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