Evans, Annabel Ness <br/><br/>
Methods in psychological research / 
Annabel Ness Evans and Bryan J. Rooney 
 - Third Edition 
 - Los Angeles, California :  Sage,  c2014 
 - xxiii, 415 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction to research in psychology -- 2. Understanding -- 3. Research in psychology : an ethical enterprise -- 4. Hypothesis testing, power, and control : a review of the basics -- 5. Measuring variables -- 6. Selecting research participants -- 7. Experimental design : independent-groups design -- 8. Experimental design : dependent-groups and mixed-groups designs -- 9. Experimental design : single/participants designs/the operant approach -- 10. Nonexperimental research : finding relationships among variables -- 11. Data collection methods -- 12. Program evaluation, archival research, and meta-analytic designs -- 13. Your research project : analyzing, interpreting, and presenting your research -- 14. Communicating in psychology 
<br/><br/> This interactive and highly applied text engages students with a rich mix of pedagogy (including unique FAQs and FYIs), a casual and accessible writing style and examples of real psychological research from both academic literature and student research projects. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781452261041 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PSYCHOLOGY--RESEARCH--METHODOLOGY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF 76.5 .E88 2014