TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walker,Ian
TI  - Research methods and statistics
T2  - Palgrave insights in psychology
SN  - 0230249884
AV  - BF76.5 .W35 2010
U1  - 150.721 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York, NY
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Psychology
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Psychometrics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: RESEARCH DESIGN -- Introduction -- The First Three Stages of Designing a Study -- Samples and Populations -- Types of Study Observation, Experiment, Qualitative -- The Mighty Experiment -- Qualitative Research -- Ethics -- Putting It All Together: Thinking Through Two Study Designs -- STATISTICS -- How Statistics Are Used to Describe Research Findings -- Describing Research Findings with Graphs -- Presenting Qualitative Data -- The Chi Squared Test -- The Normal Distribution -- Looking For A Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon] -- Explain What Parametricity Is -- Looking at Relationships -- Qualitative Analysis -- REFERENCE -- Writing Research Reports -- Glossary
N2  - "Whether its designing a study, conducting an experiment, or analysing the results, research methods are an integral part of Psychology. In this student-friendly introduction, Walker covers the different types of study, quantitative data, statistics and ethics. This book is the perfect tool to help build students' confidence in this vital area"--
ER  -