TY  - BOOK
AU  - Evans, Annabel Ness
AU  - Rooney, Bryan J.
TI  - Methods in psychological research
SN  - 9781452261041
AV  - BF 76.5 .E88 2014 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Los Angeles, California
PB  - Sage
KW  - PSYCHOLOGY--RESEARCH--METHODOLOGY
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -