Psychologist as Detective An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology

Name: Psychologist as Detective An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology
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ISBN: 9780205687404

ISBN-10: 0205687407

ISBN-13: 9780205687404

Edition: 5th 2010

Authors: Randolph A. Smith, Stephen F. Davis

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The Psychologist as Detective conveys the excitement of research methodology through a lively, conversational style. To make the study of the research process interactive and accessible for readers, pedagogical features and critical thinking activities are integrated throughout the volume. Actual student research appears in each chapter to increase relevance and heighten reader interest. This text evaluates the science of psychology, research ideas and hypotheses, ethics, nonexperimental methods and the basics of experimentation variables and control, statistics, designing-conducting-analyzing and interpreting experiments, as well as alternative research designs, external validity,…

Book details

List price: $171.80
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 3/11/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 456
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English




The Science of Psychology



Research Ideas, Critiquing Research, 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



Internal and External Validity



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



Writing and Assembling an APA-Format Research Report