| Description |
xx, 550 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Introduction -- ch. 1 Introducing research -- 1.1.Psychology, a definition -- 1.2.Research and scientific method -- 1.3.Secondary research -- 1.4.Beginning your research project -- 1.5.Reviewing the literature -- 1.6.The structure of a research proj ect -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- pt. 2 Planning and designing a research project -- ch. 2 The nature of research design -- 2.1.The purpose of a design -- 2.2.The world of variables -- 2.3.Variables and levels of measurement -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- ch. 3 Experimental research designs -- 3.1.Introduction to experimental research -- 3.2.Experimental design -- 3.3.Between-groups designs (independent-groups designs) -- 3.4.Within-subjects designs (repcated-measures designs) -- 3.5.Non-equivalent groups (quasi-experimental) design -- 3.6.Factorial designs -- 3.7.Mixed designs -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- ch. 4 Correlational and regression designs -- |
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Contents note continued: 4.1.Correlational designs -- 4.2.Partial correlation -- 4.3.Multiple correlation and regression -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- pt. 3 Carrying out research: methods and procedures -- ch. 5 The essentials of carrying out research: the participants -- 5.1.The role of procedure -- 5.2.The stuff of research - whom will you use? -- 5.3.Samples and populations -- 5.4.Sampling techniques -- 5.5.Non-probability sampling -- 5.6.Samples -- how to get them -- 5.7.How many participants? -- 5.8.Sample size in estimating population characteristics -- 5.9.Sample size in hypothesis testing -- 5.10.Secondary research and survey data -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- ch. 6 Ethics and research -- 6.1.Carrying out ethical research -- 6.2.Participants -- 6.3.Apparatus -- 6.4.Procedural issues -- 6.5.Ethics and online research -- 6.6.Practical issues -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- ch. 7 Using questionnaires in research -- |
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Contents note continued: 7.1.Questionnaire design -- how to get information -- 7.2.The importance of ̀who' is asking the questions -- 7.3.The format of a question -- 7.4.Types of scale -- closed-ended questions -- 7.5.Types of scale -- open-ended questions -- 7.6.Special techniques for information gathering: focus groups -- 7.7.Pilot research -- 7.8.Using standardised instruments in research -- 7.9.What you need to know about psychological tests -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- pt. 4 Describing your data -- ch. 8 Tables, figures and descriptive statistics -- 8.1.How the world can be represented numerically -- 8.2.Making sense of numbers -- 8.3.Tables and categorical variables -- 8.4.Figures and categorical variables -- 8.5.The rules for drawing graphs and charts -- 8.6.Tables and continuous variables -- 8.7.The stemplot -- 8.8.Figures and continuous variables -- 8.9.Continuous variables and the boxplot -- 8.10.Continuous-scaled data and the bar chart -- |
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Contents note continued: 8.11.Continuous-scaled data and line graphs -- 8.12.Statistics -- 8.13.Dispersion -- 8.14.The normal distribution -- 8.15.Practical implications -- 8.16.The standard normal distribution -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- ch. 9 Introducing SPSS -- 9.1.Computer analysis and SPSS -- 9.2.The starting point: what to do with your data -- 9.3.The basics of working with SPSS: setting up variables and data entry -- 9.4.Coding: an overview -- 9.5.How to code ordinal and nominal category data -- 9.6.How to code -- and recode -- continuous data -- 9.7.Entering data and naming variables: an overview -- 9.8.Data entry: between-group designs -- 9.9.Data entry: within-subjects designs -- 9.10.Setting up data in SPSS -- 9.11.Naming and defining variables -- 9.12.Describing data in SPSS: an overview -- 9.13.Using SPSS to describe our data -- 9.14.Tables and figures for category variables -- 9.15.Figures and associated category variables -- |
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Contents note continued: 9.16.A word of caution on crosstabulation -- 9.17.Graphs and crosstabulated data for selected cases -- 9.18.Selecting cases: a word of caution -- 9.19.Describing continuous variables -- 9.20.Screening data -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- pt. 5 Drawing inferences and testing hypotheses -- ch. 10 Introducing inferential statistics and tests of differences -- 10.1.Inferential statistics -- 10.2.Probability explained -- 10.3.Scope for errors -- 10.4.One- and two-tailed tests -- 10.5.Effect size and power -- 10.6.A priori and post hoc power analyses -- 10.7.Comparing samples and populations -- an overview -- 10.8.Comparing samples and populations -- the standard error of the mean -- 10.9.Parametric and non-parametric data -- 10.10.Tests of differences -- between-group comparisons -- 10.11.Tests of differences -- within-group comparisons (repeated measures) -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- ch. 11 Tests of association -- |
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Contents note continued: 11.1.The chi-square (x2) test of association -- 11.2.Correlation -- 11.3.Simple regression -- 11.4.The coefficient of determination (r2) -- 11.5.Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- ch. 12 Advanced analysis -- 12.1.Two-way ANOVA -- 12.2.Locating an effect in two-way AN OVA -- 12.3.Post hoc testing for an interaction effect -- 12.4.Partial correlation -- 12.5.Multiple regression -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- pt. 6 Carrying out qualitative research -- ch. 13 Introducing qualitative research -- 13.1.An example of a qualitative study -- 13.2.Qualitative or quantitative? -- 13.3.Representing the experiences of people -- 13.4.Knowledge of a particular phenomenon -- 13.5.Previous research -- 13.6.Availability of participants -- 13.7.Time factors -- 13.8.Your supervisor -- 13.9.Mixed methods -- 13.10.Different types of qualitative research -- 13.11.Planning a qualitative study -- |
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Contents note continued: 13.12.Research questions and the conceptual framework -- 13.13.Deciding on the method -- 13.14.Piloting -- 13.15.Other points to consider at an early stage of qualitative research -- 13.16.Collecting data -- 13.17.Dealing with qualitative data -- 13.18.The quality of the research -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- pt. 7 Writing up research -- ch. 14 Writing up your research -- 14.1.The purpose of a report -- 14.2.Writing guidelines -- 14.3.The structure of a psychology report -- 14.4.Title -- 14.5.Abstract -- 14.6.Contents -- 14.7.Introduction -- 14.8.Method -- 14.9.Results -- 14.10.Presenting tables and figures -- 14.11.Discussion -- 14.12.References -- 14.13.Appendices -- 14.14.Writing up qualitative research -- 14.15.Presentation and style -- Review |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Psychology -- Statistical methods.
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Psychology -- Research -- Methodology -- Textbooks.
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Psychometrics -- Textbooks.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Author |
Knussen, Christina.
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| LC no. |
2013001018 |
| ISBN |
9780273735069 (print) |
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