IAN WALKER is Lecturer in Psychology and Director of Studies for Master of Research at the University of Bath, UK, and is co-author of Research with People (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

"Ian Walker makes the basic topics in statistics accessible, providing interesting examples and explanations. A great A-level text or as a supplement for those Undergraduate students who feel less confident taking a statistics course for the first time."- Sarah Bayless, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Winchester "I was unsure about studying psychology, but reading Research Methods and Statistics by Ian Walker put all these worries behind me. It is really well written and very readable - all I can say is 'wow, amazing!'" - Jack Herbert, First Year Psychology student, University of Derby

• PART I: RESEARCH DESIGNIntroductionThe First Three Stages of Designing a StudySamples and PopulationsTypes of Study Observation, Experiment, QualitativeThe Mighty ExperimentQualitative ResearchEthicsPutting it all Together: Thinking Through Two Study DesignsPART II: STATISTICSHow Statistics are used to Describe Research FindingsDescribing Research Findings with GraphsPresenting Qualitative DataThe Chi Squared TestThe Normal DistributionLooking fora Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon]Explain What Parametricity IsLooking at RelationshipsQualitative AnalysisPART III: REFERENCEWriting Research ReportsGlossary.

IAN WALKER is Lecturer in Psychology and Director of Studies for Master of Research at the University of Bath, UK, and is co-author of Research with People (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

"Ian Walker makes the basic topics in statistics accessible, providing interesting examples and explanations. A great A-level text or as a supplement for those Undergraduate students who feel less confident taking a statistics course for the first time."- Sarah Bayless, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Winchester "I was unsure about studying psychology, but reading Research Methods and Statistics by Ian Walker put all these worries behind me. It is really well written and very readable - all I can say is 'wow, amazing!'" - Jack Herbert, First Year Psychology student, University of Derby

• PART I: RESEARCH DESIGNIntroductionThe First Three Stages of Designing a StudySamples and PopulationsTypes of Study Observation, Experiment, QualitativeThe Mighty ExperimentQualitative ResearchEthicsPutting it all Together: Thinking Through Two Study DesignsPART II: STATISTICSHow Statistics are used to Describe Research FindingsDescribing Research Findings with GraphsPresenting Qualitative DataThe Chi Squared TestThe Normal DistributionLooking fora Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon]Explain What Parametricity IsLooking at RelationshipsQualitative AnalysisPART III: REFERENCEWriting Research ReportsGlossary.

IAN WALKER is Lecturer in Psychology and Director of Studies for Master of Research at the University of Bath, UK, and is co-author of Research with People (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).

"Ian Walker makes the basic topics in statistics accessible, providing interesting examples and explanations. A great A-level text or as a supplement for those Undergraduate students who feel less confident taking a statistics course for the first time."- Sarah Bayless, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Winchester "I was unsure about studying psychology, but reading Research Methods and Statistics by Ian Walker put all these worries behind me. It is really well written and very readable - all I can say is 'wow, amazing!'" - Jack Herbert, First Year Psychology student, University of Derby

• PART I: RESEARCH DESIGNIntroductionThe First Three Stages of Designing a StudySamples and PopulationsTypes of Study Observation, Experiment, QualitativeThe Mighty ExperimentQualitative ResearchEthicsPutting it all Together: Thinking Through Two Study DesignsPART II: STATISTICSHow Statistics are used to Describe Research FindingsDescribing Research Findings with GraphsPresenting Qualitative DataThe Chi Squared TestThe Normal DistributionLooking fora Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon]Explain What Parametricity IsLooking at RelationshipsQualitative AnalysisPART III: REFERENCEWriting Research ReportsGlossary.