Beins, Bernard,

Research methods : a tool for life / Bernard C. Beins. - Third edition. - xviii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Psychology, science, and life -- Ethics in research -- Planning research : generating a question -- Practical issues in planning your research -- Measurement and sampling -- Conducting an experiment : general principles -- Experiments with one independent variable -- Experiments with multiple independent variables -- Expanding on experimental designs : repeated measures and quasi-experiments -- Principles of survey research -- Correlational research -- Studying patterns in the natural world : observational approaches -- Research in depth : longitudinal and single-case studies -- People are different : considering cultural and individual differences in research.

0205899536 9780205899531

2012028251


Psychology--Research--Methodology

BF76.5 / .B439 2013

150.721