Whether it's designing a study, conducting an experiment, or analyzing the results, research methods are an integral part of Psychology. In this student-friendly introduction, Walker covers the different types of study, quantitative data, statistics and ethics. This book is the perfect tool to help build students' confidence in this vital area. INDICE: - PART I: RESEARCH DESIGN - Introduction - The First Three Stages of Designing a Study - Samples and Populations - Types of Study - Observation,Experiment, Qualitative - The Mighty Experiment - Qualitative Research - Ethics - Putting it all Together: Thinking Through Two Study Designs - PART II: STATISTICS - How Statistics are used to Describe Research Findings - Describing Research Findings with Graphs - Presenting Qualitative Data - The Chi Squared Test - The Normal Distribution - Looking for a Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon] - Explain What Parametricity Is - Looking at Relationships - Qualitative Analysis - PART III: REFERENCE - Writing Research Reports - Glossary -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24988-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 20/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés