Research methods
Subtitle: a tool for life
By: Bernard C. Beins
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780205899531
Subjects: Methodology; Psychology; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Psychology, science, and life; title: Ethics in research; title: Planning research : generating a question; title: Practical issues in planning your research; title: Measurement and sampling; title: Conducting an experiment : general principles; title: Experiments with one independent variable; title: Experiments with multiple independent variables; title: Expanding on experimental designs : repeated measures and quasi-experiments; title: Principles of survey research; title: Correlational research; title: Studying patterns in the natural world : observational approaches; title: Research in depth : longitudinal and single-case studies; title: People are different : considering cultural and individual differences in research.