Research methods and statistics in psychology /
S. Alexander Haslam and Craig McGarty.
- Third edition.
- xviii, 558 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- SAGE foundations of psychology .
- SAGE foundations of psychology. .
Previous edition: 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introdution -- Research in psychology : objectives and ideals -- Research methods -- Experimental design -- Survey design -- Descriptive statistics -- Some principles of statistical inference -- Examining differences between means : the t-test -- Examining relationships between variables : correlation -- Comparing two or more means by analysing variances : ANOVA -- Analysing other forms of data : chi-square and distribution-free tests -- Classical qualitative methods -- Contextual qualitative methods -- Research ethics -- Conclusion: Managing uncertainty in psychological research -- Appendix A: Writing research reports in psychology -- Appendix B: Areas under the standard normal curve -- Appendix C: Answers in exercises.
"The book guides readers through the range of choices involved in design, analysis, and presentation and is supplemented by a range of practical learning features both inside the book and online. These draw on the authors' extensive experience as frontline researchers and provide step-by-step guides to quantitative and qualitative methods and analyses."--Publisher's website.