| Description |
1 online resource (497 pages) |
| Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS; 2 -- FORMULATING THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS; 3 -- SPECIFYING THE RESEARCH VARIABLES I: Operational Definition and Measurement; 4 -- SPECIFYING THE RESEARCH VARIABLES II: Artifacts and Construct Validity; 5 -- ARRANGING THE COMPARISONS I: An Introduction to Research Design; 6 -- ARRANGING THE COMPARISONS II: Designs for Psychological Research; 7 -- ARRANGING THE COMPARISONS III: Evaluating Research Designs; 8 -- BUILDING MODELS OF MULTIPLE CAUSES AND EFFECTS; 9 -- COLLECTING THE DATA; 10 -- ANALYZING THE DATA |
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11 -- THE RESEARCHER'S RESPONSIBILITIES AS SCIENTIST, COLLEAGUE, AND CITIZENAPPENDIX A: Study Analysis Forms for the 25 Exemplar Studies Introduced in Chapter 2; APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Summary |
This core textbook introduces psychology students to research methods. The author's principal goal is to present methods in a way that will lend coherence to the material. He does this by providing a meaningful framework based around Campbell and Stanley's "threats to validity" and by organizing the book around the phases of the research process. In addition, in his approach and via boxed features, the author encourages and models a process of critical thinking for students |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Psychology -- Research -- Methodology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781452267197 |
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1452267197 |
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9781452233666 |
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1452233667 |
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