The psychologist as detective : an introduction to conducting research in psychology The science of psychology Research methods and hypotheses Ethics in psychological research Nonexperimental methods I: descriptive methods qualitative research and correlational studies Nonexperimental methods II: ex post facto studies surveys and questionnaires sampling and basic research strategies The basics of experimentation I: variables and control The basics of experimentation II: final considerations unanticipated influences and cross cultural issues Using statistics to answer questions Designing conducting analyzing and interpreting experiments with two groups Designing conducting analyzing and interpreting experiments with more than two groups Designing conducting analyzing and interpreting experiments with multiple independent variables Alternative research designs External validity and critiquing experimental research Writing and assembling an APA format research report