Introduction to research methods in psychology / Dennis Howitt, Duncan Cramer.
Material type: TextPublisher: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005Description: xiv, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0131399845
- 9780131399846
- 150.72 22
- BF76.5 .H695 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-343) and index.
1. The role of research in psychology -- 2. Aims and hypotheses in research -- 3. The problems of generalisation : chance findings and sample size -- 4. Research reports : the total picture -- 5. The literature search -- 6. Ethics in research -- 7. The basic laboratory experiment -- 8. Advanced experimental design -- 9. Cross-sectional or correlational research : non-manipulation studies -- 10. Longitudinal studies -- 11. Sampling and population surveys -- 12. Psychological tests : their use and construction -- 13. Reliability and validity : evaluating the value of tests and measures -- 14. Coding data -- 15. Why qualitative research? -- 16. Qualitative data collection -- 17. Transcribing language data : the Jefferson system -- 18. Data analysis : grounded theory -- 19. Discourse analysis -- 20. Conversation analysis -- 21. Evaluating qualitative research -- 22. Developing ideas for research.
"This text is accessible, practical and authoritative. It meets the needs of students doing research at all levels for the first time. The key theoretical and conceptual issues are discussed in detail alongside the practicalities of doing research. There are major chapters on searching the literature, ethics, and developing ideas for research projects. Quantitative and qualitative research are covered and the appropriate use of both explained. It is a book written to help psychology students throughout their course."--BOOK JACKET.
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