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The psychologist as detective : an introduction to conducting research in psychology / Randolph A. Smith, Stephen F. Davis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xiv, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0205687407
  • 9780205687404
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.72 22
LOC classification:
  • BF76.5 .S54 2010
Contents:
Psychological research and the research methods course -- Developing a good research idea and conducting an ethical project -- Qualitative research methods -- Nonexperimental methods : descriptive methods, correlational studies, ex post facto studies, surveys and questionnaires, sampling, and basic research strategies -- Using the scientific method in psychology -- Conducting a good experiment I : variables and control -- Conducting a good experiment II : final considerations, unanticipated influences, and cross-cultural issues -- Internal and external validity -- Using statistics to answer questions -- Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with two groups -- Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with more than two groups -- Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with multiple independent variables -- Alternative research designs -- Writing and assembling an APA-format research report.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-434) and index.

Psychological research and the research methods course -- Developing a good research idea and conducting an ethical project -- Qualitative research methods -- Nonexperimental methods : descriptive methods, correlational studies, ex post facto studies, surveys and questionnaires, sampling, and basic research strategies -- Using the scientific method in psychology -- Conducting a good experiment I : variables and control -- Conducting a good experiment II : final considerations, unanticipated influences, and cross-cultural issues -- Internal and external validity -- Using statistics to answer questions -- Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with two groups -- Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with more than two groups -- Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with multiple independent variables -- Alternative research designs -- Writing and assembling an APA-format research report.

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