Psychology Research Methods

Connecting Research to Students' Lives

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Paperback, 404 blz. | Engels
Cambridge University Press | e druk, 2018
ISBN13: 9781107461116
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Cambridge University Press e druk, 2018 9781107461116
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Comprehensive, engaging, and punctuated with humor, this undergraduate textbook provides an interesting introduction to research methodology. Psychology Research Methods allows students to become familiar with the material through examples of research relevant to their lives. The textbook covers every major research approach in psychology. Students will learn how to evaluate and conduct the different varieties of descriptive research and experimental research. They will learn all steps of the research process from developing a research idea to writing about and presenting what they did. Each chapter contains suggestions for journal article readings and activities relevant to the topics covered. The textbook also includes a chapter on how to conduct research online and an appendix with an annotated manuscript keyed to the 6th edition of the American Psychological Association Publication Manual.

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ISBN13:9781107461116
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:404

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1. Introduction to research methodology; 2. Developing research ideas and hypotheses; 3. Ethics; 4. Defining and measuring variables; 5. Descriptive research methods; 6. Correlations; 7. Survey research; 8. Experimentation with one independent variable; 9. Factorial designs: experiments with more than one independent variable; 10. Quasi-experimental designs; 11. Small-N designs; 12. External validity; 13. Online research; 14. Writing about and presenting your research; Appendix.

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