Research Design Explained
Published on 9. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-0-495-09362-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Research Design Explained" provides students with an appreciation of science's excitement and relevance to psychology, by explaining concepts clearly and using real-life analogies and examples. Authors Mitchell and Jolley help students to develop a true understanding of research design, rather than simply memorizing terms, by focusing on important, fundamental concepts and demonstrating the logic behind research design.
More details
Edition
International ed
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.)
ISBN-13
978-0-495-09362-6 (9780495093626)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Psychology, Science, and You. 2. Ethics and Validity. 3. Generating and Refining Research Hypotheses. 4. Reading and Evaluating Research. 5. Measuring and Manipulating Variables: Reliability and Validity. 6. Beyond Reliability and Validity: The Best Measure for Your Study. 7. Introduction to Descriptive Methods. 8. Survey Research. 9. Internal Validity. 10. The Simple Experiment. 11. Expanding the Simple Experiment: The Multiple-Group Experiment. 12. Expanding the Experiment: Factorial Designs. 13. Matched Pairs, Within-Subjects, and Mixed Designs. 14. Single-n Designs and Quasi-Experiments. 15. Putting It All Together: Writing Research Proposals and Reports. Appendix A. APA-Style Checklist. Appendix B. Sample APA-Style Paper. Appendix C. Planning and Conducting Ethical Research. Appendix D. A Beginning Researcher's Guide to Statistics. Appendix E. Statistical Tables. Glossary. References. Index.