Research Methods For The Behavioural Sciences

The late Frederick J Gravetter was professor emeritus of psychology at State University of New York, Brockport. While teaching at Brockport, Dr. Gravetter specialized in statistics, experimental design and cognitive psychology. He received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from M.I.T. and his Ph.D. in psychology from Duke University. In addition to publishing several research articles, Dr. Gravetter co-authored STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES and ESSENTIAL OF STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. Lori-Ann B Forzano is a professor of psychology at State University of New York, Brockport, where she regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in research methods, statistics, learning, animal behavior and the psychology of eating. Her research examines impulsivity and self-control in adults and children and has been published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Learning and Motivation and The Psychological Record. Dr. Forzano also co-authored ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. She received her PhD in experimental psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Tim Rakow is Reader in Psychology at King’s College London. He has over 20 experience of supervising research and teaching research methods to psychology students. Dr Rakow uses a range of research strategies to examine human judgement and decision making. He has published over 50 research articles in more than 25 different academic journals, spanning the disciplines of psychology, health , medicine, decision science and behavioural economics. He is an Associate Editor for the journal Thinking & Reasoning.

• 1. Introduction, Acquiring Knowledge and the Scientific Method 2. Research Ideas and Hypotheses3. Defining and Measuring Variables4. Ethics in Research5. Selecting Research Participants6.. Research Strategies and Validity7 The Experimental Research Strategy8. Experimental Designs: Between-Subjects Design9. Experimental Designs: Within-Subjects Design10. The Non-experimental and Quasi-Experimental Strategies11. Factorial Designs12. The Correlational Research Strategy13. Modes and Methods of Measurement14. Case Study and Single-Case Experimental Research Designs15. Statistical Evaluation of Data16. Writing an APA-Style Research Report