Research methods and statistics
By: Ian Walker
Series: Palgrave insights in psychology
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basinstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780230249882
Description: "Whether its designing a study, conducting an experiment, or analysing the results, research methods are an integral part of Psychology. In this student-friendly introduction, Walker covers the different types of study, quantitative data, statistics and ethics. This book is the perfect tool to help build students' confidence in this vital area"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: RESEARCH DESIGN; title: Introduction; title: The First Three Stages of Designing a Study; title: Samples and Populations; title: Types of Study Observation, Experiment, Qualitative; title: The Mighty Experiment; title: Qualitative Research; title: Ethics; title: Putting It All Together: Thinking Through Two Study Designs; title: STATISTICS; title: How Statistics Are Used to Describe Research Findings; title: Describing Research Findings with Graphs; title: Presenting Qualitative Data; title: The Chi Squared Test; title: The Normal Distribution; title: Looking For A Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon]; title: Explain What Parametricity Is; title: Looking at Relationships; title: Qualitative Analysis; title: REFERENCE; title: Writing Research Reports; title: Glossary.