Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
2nd Edition
Published on 6. December 2018
978-1-108-50370-9 (ISBN)
Description
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology provides a seamless introduction to the subject, identifying various research areas and analyzing how one can approach them statistically. The text provides a solid empirical foundation for undergraduate psychology majors, and it prepares the reader to think critically and evaluate psychological research and claims they might hear in the news or popular press. This second edition features updated examples of research and new illustrations of important principles. It also includes updated coverage of ethical issues in research and of current diversity issues.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Halftones, black and white; 51 Line drawings, black and white
File size
9,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-50370-9 (9781108503709)
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Bernard C. Beins | Maureen A. McCarthy
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
Book
12/2018
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€170.50
Shipment within 15-20 days
Bernard C. Beins | Maureen A. McCarthy
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
Book
12/2018
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€129.10
Shipment within 15-20 days
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Content
Preface; Part I. Understanding Research: 1. Psychology, science, and life; 2. Ethics in research; 3. Planning research: generating a research question; 4. Practical issues in planning your research; Part II. Basic Experimental Research and Data Analysis: 5. Organizing data with descriptive statistics; 6. Conducting an experiment: general principles; 7. Experimental methods; 8. Basic inferential statistics; 9. Looking for differences between two treatments; Part III. Advanced Research and Data Analysis: 10. Looking for differences among multiple treatments; 11. Multiple independent variables: factorial designs; Part IV. Nonexperimental Research Designs: 12. Principles of survey research; 13. Correlation, regression, and non-parametric tests; Part V. Culture and Research: 14. People are different: considering cultural and individual differences in research; Appendix A. Writing a research report; Appendix B. Statistics review; Appendix C. Statistical tables; References; Author index; Subject index.
