Your Psychology Project

The Essential Guide

AvJennifer Evans

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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'This guide will serve well as a handbook for undergraduate psychology students working on senior projects or theses. Clear, concise, and well organized, the book instructs the student from the beginning of the project to the final draft and offers advice both specific and general' - Choice

Anxious about your final year Psychology Project? Having trouble getting started?

Your Psychology Project clearly maps out all the requirements of a project in psychology. The definitive survival manual, it guides students through every aspect of a psychology project from conception of an idea, to writing up the final draft. It helps students think through the whole research process by bridging the relationship between the research question, the design, and the use of statistical and qualitative analyses. By using clear practical examples this book provides an invaluable insight into applying theory to practice and equips students with the knowledge, skills and abilty to carry out and write up their thesis project.

Written in a clear and engaging manner Your Psychology Project is essential reading for all students undertaking a psychology research project.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-09-26
Mått:170 x 242 x 16 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781412922326

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′...this book gives the impression of what it is like to be in a good supervision relationship and having the benefit of the supervisor′s experience in taking the reader through their psychology project...I would certainly recommend my undergraduate students to buy this book, and would also suggest it to postgraduate students′ Maggie AllisonPsychology: Learning & Teaching ′This guide will serve well as a handbook for undergraduate psychology students working on senior projects or theses. Clear concise, and well organized., the book instructs the student from the beginning of the project to the final draft and offers advice both specific and general.′ Choice

Innehållsförteckning

PART ONEThe Psychology Project as a Means of Acquiring KnowledgeEthics for Research in PsychologyChoosing a Topic and the Research ProposalA Connected and Convincing ArgumentSelf-ManagementMaximizing SupervisionHow to Handle the Research LiteratureHow to Write a Good IntroductionSampling ConsiderationsSourcing Materials and Measures for Psychological ResearchPART TWO: QUANTITATIVE METHODS OF INQUIRYQuantitative Methods of InquiryAnalyzing Quantitative DataDesigning and Conducting an Experimental Based ProjectWriting Up Your Quantitative MethodologyWriting Up Your Quantitative Results SectionWriting Up Your Quantitative Discussion SectionPART THREE: QUALITATIVE METHODS OF INQUIRYQualitative Methods of InquiryAnalyzing Qualitative DataThe Semi-Structured Interview as Part of Grounded TheoryDesigning, Conducting and Analyzing a Grounded Theory Based ProjectWriting Up Your Qualitative MethodologyWriting Up Your Qualitative Findings and DiscussionPART FOUR: THE FINAL TOUCHESTitle and AbstractReferencesThe Final Write-Up