The process of research in psychology
By: Dawn M. McBride.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412960786
Subjects: Psychology -- Research -- Methodology; Psychology, Experimental
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Psychological research : the whys and hows of the scientific method; title: Hypothesis development : where research questions come from; title: How psychologists use the scientific method : observation techniques and research designs; title: Types of variables; title: Ethical guidelines for psychological research; title: Subject sampling; title: Summarizing and interpreting data : using statistics; title: Reporting research; title: The nuts and bolts of survey research; title: The nuts and bolts of correlational studies; title: The nuts and bolts of experiments; title: The nuts and bolts of quasi-experiments; title: The nuts and bolts of other specialized designs.