Research Methods in Psychology, 6th Edition
- Length: 598 pages
- Edition: 6
- Language: English
- Publisher: Pearson
- Publication Date: 2020
- ISBN-10: 1292276703
- ISBN-13: 9781292276700
- Sales Rank: #3568118 (See Top 100 Books)
Comprehensive, clear, and practical, Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology, sixth edition is the essential student guide to understanding and undertaking quantitative and qualitative research in psychology. Revised throughout, this new edition includes a new chapter on ‘Managing your research project’. This is the ideal guide for students just beginning and those moving on to more advanced research methods projects in psychology.
Front Cover Half Title Page Title Page Copyright Page Brief contents Contents Guided tour Introduction Acknowledgements Part 1 Basics of research 1 Role of research in psychology Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The importance of reading 1.3 Evaluating the evidence 1.4 Inferring causality 1.5 Types of research and the assessment of causality 1.6 Practice 1.7 Conclusion Key points Activities 2 Aims and hypotheses in research Overview 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Types of study 2.3 Aims of research 2.4 Research hypotheses 2.5 Four types of hypothesis 2.6 Difficulties in formulating aims and hypotheses 2.7 Conclusion Key points Activities 3 Variables, concepts and measures Overview 3.1 Introduction 3.2 History of the variable in psychology 3.3 Types of variable 3.4 Independent and dependent variables 3.5 Measurement characteristics of variables 3.6 Stevens' theory of scales of measurement 3.7 Operationalising concepts and variables 3.8 Conclusion Key points Activities 4 Problems of generalisation and decision-making in research: Chance findings and sample size Overview 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Universalism 4.3 Sampling and generalisation 4.4 Statistics and generalisation 4.5 Directional and non-directional hypotheses again 4.6 More on the similarity between measures of effect (difference) and association 4.7 Sample size and size of association 4.8 Conclusion Key points Activities 5 Research reports: The total picture Overview 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Overall strategy of report writing 5.3 Sections of the research report in detail 5.4 Conclusion Key points Activities 6 Improving your quantitative write-up Overview 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Poorly written quantitative report 6.3 Analysis of the report 6.4 Improved version of the report 6.5 Conclusion Key points Activities 7 Literature search Overview 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Library classification systems 7.3 Electronic databases 7.4 Obtaining articles not in your library 7.5 Personal bibliographic database software 7.6 Conclusion Key points Activities 8 Ethics and data management in research Overview 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Ethics: general principles 8.3 Research ethics 8.4 Ethics and publication 8.5 How to obtain a participant’s consent 8.6 Data management 8.7 Conclusion Key points Activities Part 2 Quantitative research methods 9 Basic laboratory experiments Overview 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Characteristics of the true or randomised experiment 9.3 More advanced research designs 9.4 Conclusion Key points Activity 10 Advanced experimental designs Overview 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Multiple levels of the independent variable 10.3 Multiple dependent variables 10.4 Factorial designs 10.5 Psychology and social psychology of the laboratory experiment 10.6 Conclusion Key points Activities 11 Cross-sectional or correlational research: Non-manipulation studies Overview 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Cross-sectional designs 11.3 The case for non-manipulation studies 11.4 Key concepts in the analysis of cross-sectional studies 11.5 Conclusion Key points Activities 12 Longitudinal studies Overview 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Panel designs 12.3 Different types of third variable 12.4 Analysis of non-experimental designs 12.5 Conclusion Key points Activities 13 Sampling and population surveys Overview 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Types of probability sampling 13.3 Non-probability sampling 13.4 National surveys 13.5 Socio-demographic characteristics of samples 13.6 Sample size and population surveys 13.7 Conclusion Key points Activities 14 Data analysis issues and scientific progress Overview 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Confidence intervals 14.3 Effect sizes 14.4 Power 14.5 Replication Crisis 14.6 Questionable research practices and truth inflation 14.7 Conclusion Key points Activities Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement 15 Psychological tests: Their use and construction Overview 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Concept of a scale 15.3 Scale construction 15.4 Item analysis or factor analysis? 15.5 Other considerations in test construction 15.6 Conclusion Key points Activities 16 Reliability and validity: Evaluating the value of tests and measures Overview 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Reliability of measures 16.3 Validity 16.4 Types of validity 16.5 Conclusion Key points Activity 17 Coding data Overview 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Types of coding 17.3 Reliability and validity when coding 17.4 Qualitative coding 17.5 Conclusion Key points Activities Part 4 Qualitative research methods 18 Why qualitative research? Overview 18.1 Introduction 18.2 What is qualitative research? 18.3 History of the qualitative/quantitative divide in psychology 18.4 Quantification–qualitative methods continuum 18.5 Evaluation of qualitative versus quantitative methods 18.6 Conclusion Key points Activity 19 Qualitative data collection Overview 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Major qualitative data collection approaches 19.3 Conclusion Key points Activities 20 Transcribing language data: Jefferson system Overview 20.1 Introduction 20.2 Jefferson transcription 20.3 Advice for transcribers 20.4 Conclusion Key points Activities 21 Thematic analysis Overview 21.1 Introduction 21.2 What is thematic analysis? 21.3 Basic approach to thematic analysis 21.4 More sophisticated version of thematic analysis 21.5 Conclusion Key points Activity 22 Grounded theory Overview 22.1 Introduction 22.2 Development of grounded theory 22.3 Data in grounded theory 22.4 How to do grounded theory analysis 22.5 Computer grounded theory analysis 22.6 Evaluation of grounded theory 22.7 Conclusion Key points Activity 23 Discourse analysis Overview 23.1 Introduction 23.2 Basic discourse analysis theory 23.3 The agenda of discourse analysis 23.4 Doing discourse analysis 23.5 Conclusion Key points Activities 24 Conversation analysis Overview 24.1 Introduction 24.2 Precepts of conversation analysis 24.3 Stages in conversation analysis 24.4 Conclusion Key points Activities 25 Interpretative phenomenological analysis Overview 25.1 Introduction 25.2 Philosophical foundations of interpretative phenomenological analysis 25.3 Stages in interpretative phenomenological analysis 25.4 Conclusion Key points Activities 26 Evaluating qualitative research Overview 26.1 Introduction 26.2 Criteria for novices 26.3 Evaluating qualitative research 26.4 Validity 26.5 Conclusion Key points Activities 27 Improving your qualitative write-up Overview 27.1 Introduction 27.2 Poorly written qualitative report 27.3 Critical evaluation 27.4 Conclusion Key points Activities Part 5 Research for projects, dissertations and theses 28 Developing ideas for research Overview 28.1 Introduction 28.2 Why not a replication study? 28.3 Choosing a research topic 28.4 Sources of research ideas 28.5 Conclusion Key points Activity 29 Managing your research project Overview 29.1 Introduction 29.2 Advice for consideration 29.3 Conclusion Key points Glossary References Index Back Cover
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