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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Annabel
Other Authors: Rooney, Bryan J.
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Psychology
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100 1 |a Evans, Annabel. 
245 1 0 |a Methods in psychological research /  |c Annabel Ness Evans, Bryan J. Rooney. 
250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Thousand Oaks, Calif. :  |b SAGE,  |c 2011. 
300 |a xix, 385 p. : 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |g 1.  |t Introduction to Research in Psychology --   |t Objectives --   |t Acquiring Knowledge About the World --   |t Tradition or Tenacity: I Believe It Is True Because It Has Always Been True --   |t Intuition: I Believe It Is True Because I Feel It is True --   |t Authority: I Believe It Is True Because an "Expert" Says It Is True --   |t Personal Experience: I Believe It is True Because I Experienced It --   |t Reasoning: I Believe It Is True Because It Is Logically Derived --   |t Empiricism: I Believe It Is True Because I Measured It --   |t Science --   |t Psychology---Science and Art --   |t Critical Thinking --   |t The Critical Thinking Process --   |t Objectives of Science --   |t To Describe --   |t To Explain --   |t To Predict --   |t To Control --   |t The Tenets of Science --   |t Determinism --   |t Empiricism --   |t Replicability --   |t Falsifiability --   |t Parsimony --   |t The Scientific Method --   |t Theories, Concepts, and Hypotheses --   |t Why We Do Research --   |t To Evaluate a Theory --   |t To Satisfy Our Curiosity --   |t To Demonstrate a New Technique --   |t To Demonstrate a Behavioral Phenomenon --   |t To Investigate the Conditions Influencing Behavioral Phenomena --   |t Approaches to Research --   |t Descriptive Versus Explanatory Research --   |t Quantitative Versus Qualitative Research --   |t Basic Versus Applied Research --   |t Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal Research --   |t Field Versus Laboratory Research --   |t Steps in Planning and Doing Research --   |t Selecting a Research Topic --   |t Generating Testable Hypotheses --   |t Classifying Variables --   |t Selecting an Appropriate Design --   |t Planning the Method and Carrying It Out --   |t Analyzing Results --   |t Drawing Conclusions --   |t Sharing Your Findings --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers to Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projeacts --   |g 2.  |t Understanding the Research Literature --   |t Objectives --   |t Searching the Literature --   |t The Research Article --   |t The Abstract --   |t The Introduction --   |t The Method Section --   |t The Results --   |t The Discussion --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 3.  |t Research in Psychology: An Ethical Enterprise --   |t Objective --   |t General Principles --   |g Principle A.  |t Beneficence and Nonmaleficence --   |g Principle B.  |t Fidelity and Responsibility --   |g Principle C.  |t Integrity --   |g Principle D.  |t Justice --   |g Principle E.  |t Respect for People's Rights and Dignity --   |t Ethical Standards --   |g 2.  |t Competence --   |g 3.  |t Human Relations --   |g 4.  |t Privacy and Confidentiality --   |g 8.  |t Research and Publication --   |t Special Populations --   |t Internet Research --   |t Bias and Intellectual Honesty --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers to Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 4.  |t Hypothesis Testing, Power, and Control: A Review of the Basics --   |t Objectives --   |t Three Levels of Hypotheses --   |t Testing the Null Hypothesis --   |t Statistical Significance --   |t Inferential Errors: Type I and Type II --   |t Power and How to Increase It --   |t Effect Size --   |t Power and the Role of Replication in Research --   |t External and Internal Validity --   |t Confounding and Extraneous Variaables --   |t Controlling Extraneous Variables --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers to Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 5.  |t Measuring variables --   |t Objectives --   |t Ways of Asking Questions --   |t Fixed Alternative Questions --   |t Open-Ended Questions --   |t Rating Scales --   |t Likert Scales --   |t Semantic Differential --   |t Social Desirability and Response Set --   |t Measuring Observed Behavior --   |t Levels of Measurement --   |t The Importance of Precision in Measurement --   |t Reliability of Measurement --   |t Validity of Measurement --   |t Tests, Scales, and Inventories --   |t Commercially Available Tests and Inventories --   |t Standardized Tests of Intelligence --   |t Tests of Personality --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers to Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercise --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 6.  |t Selecting Research Participants --   |t Objectives --   |t Sampling Methods --   |t Probability Sampling --   |t Nonprobability Sampling --   |t Sample and Effeact Size --   |t Power Revisited --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers to Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 7.  |t Experimental Design: Independent Groups Designs --   |t Objectives --   |t Why We Do Experiments --   |t Steps in Conducting an Experiment --   |t Where We Do Experiments --   |t How We Do Experiments: Independent Groups Designs --   |t Completely Randomized Groups Designs: One IV --   |t Randomized Factorial Groups Designs: More Than One IV --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 8.  |t Experimental Design: Dependent Groups and Mixed Groups Designs --   |t Objectives --   |t Dependent Groups Designs --   |t Within-Participants Designs --   |t Matched Groups Designs --   |t Mixed Designs --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 9.  |t Experimental Design: Single-Particaipant Designs/The Operant Approach --   |t Objectives --   |t Single-Participant Design and the Experimental Analysis of Behavior --   |t Concepts in the Esperimental Analysis of Behavior --   |t Operant --   |t Phase --   |t Baseline --   |t Treatment --   |t Length of Phase --   |t Changing Phase --   |t Measuring the Response --   |t ABA and ABAB Withdrawal Designs --   |t Multiple Baseline Design --   |t Alternating Treatment Design --   |t Changing Criterion Design --   |t Advantages and Disadvantages of Single-Participant Designs --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 10.  |t Finding Relationships Among Variables: Nonexperimental Research --   |t Objectives --   |t Quasi-Experiments --   |t Time-Series Designs --   |t Nonequivalent Groups Designs --   |t Longitudinal Research --   |t Cross-Seactional Research --   |t Case Studies --   |t Correlational Research --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 11.  |t Data Collection Methods --   |t Objectives --   |t Observational Research: Observing the Behavior of Individuals --   |t Observing Behavior From the Outside: Naturalistic Observation --   |t Observing Behavior From the Inside: Participant Observation --   |t Observing Behavior in a Controlled Setting: Laboratory Observation --   |t Advantages and Disadvantages of Observational Research --   |t Survey Research: Asking People Question About Their Behavior --   |t Defining Your Research Question --   |t How Will You Ask Your Questions? --   |t Interviews --   |t Questionnaires --   |t General Guidelines for Writing Survey Questions --   |t Observing Group Behavior: The Focus Group --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter PRojeacts --   |t Appendix: Ways to Increase Response Rates to Mail-Out Surveys --   |g 12.  |t Program Evaluation, Archival Research, and Meta-Analytic Designs --   |t Objectives --   |t Program Evaluation --   |t Determining Need --   |t Selecting Outcome Measures --   |t Ethical Constraints on Program Evaluation Research --   |t Arcahival Research --   |t Colleacting Information From an Archive --   |t Collecating Archival Information Online --   |t Meta-Analysis --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |g 13.  |t Your Research Project: Analyzing, Interpreting, and Presenting Your Research --   |t Objectives --   |t What are Statistics and Why Are They Necessary? --   |t Summarizing Your Data With Descriptive Statistics --   |t Making Inferences From Your Data --   |t Testing The Statistical Significance of Your Research Findings --   |t Choosing the 
505 0 0 |t  Appropriate Test of Significance --   |t More on Data Analysis With Computers --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq -- 
505 8 0 |g 14.  |t Communicating in Psychology --   |t Objecatives --   |t Writing in Psychology --   |t Plagiarism --   |t References and In-Text Citations --   |t APA Primer --   |t Presenting Research in Writing --   |t The Term Paper/Literature Review --   |t The Research Report --   |t General Typing Guidelines for Term and Research Papers --   |t A Sample Experimental Report --   |t Other Ways of Presenting Research --   |t Oral Presentations --   |t Poster Presentations --   |t Chapter Summary --   |t Chapter Resources --   |t Answers To Conceptual Exercises --   |t Faq --   |t Chapter Exercises --   |t Chapter Projects --   |t Appendix: Research Report Checklist. 
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700 1 |a Rooney, Bryan J. 
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