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Research Methods in Psychology

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ISBN-10: 0857022644

ISBN-13: 9780857022646

Edition: 4th 2012

Authors: Glynis M. Breakwell, Jonathan A. Smith, Daniel B. Wright

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Research Methods in Psychology has been substantially and meticulously revised in its Fourth Edition. Continuing to offer enviable coverage of the research methods that psychology students at intermediate levels need to muster, the textbook has now been broadened to cover the full suite of beginner level research methods too. It now has extensive coverage of psychological methods, both quantitative and qualitative. For this new edition, a new editorial arrangement has been put into place. Daniel B. Wright steps in to help steer the quantitative research methods section of the textbook and partners Jonathan A. Smith who remains as the lead Editor for qualitative research methods. Glynis M.…    
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Book details

List price: $38.99
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 4/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 616
Size: 7.38" wide x 9.15" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Dame Glynis M. Breakwell has been a Professor of Psychology forover 20 years and is currently the Vice Chancellor of the Universityof Bath. Her research focuses upon identity process theory andsocial representations, leadership in complex organisations, and thepsychology of risk management, perception and communication.She has published more than 20 books, several of which are onresearch methods. She is an adviser to government and privatesector companies on the use of psychological methods and theories.

Jonathan A. Smith is Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London, UK where he leads the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) research group. He has written many articles applying IPA to a range of areas in health, clinical and social psychology. He is co- author (with Paul Flowers and Michael Larkin) of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research (Sage, 2009). He also has a wider interest in qualitative psychology generally and has co-edited a number of books in the area.

Daniel B Wright is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bristol

List of Contributors
What This Book Does: Key features and additional resources
About the Companion Website
Introduction
Research Questions and Planning Research
Quantitative Research: Data Collection and Analysis
Introduction to Quantitative Research
Experimental Design
Quasi-experimental Designs
Surveys and Sampling
Questionnaire Design
Psychometrics
Descriptive Statistics: Graphical and Numerical Methods
Inferential Statistics
Factorial ANOVA
Correlation and Regression
Exploratory Factor Analysis
Qualitative Research: Data Collection and Analysis
Introduction to Qualitative Methods
Observational Methods
Interviewing
Diary and Narrative Methods
Focus Groups
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Grounded Theory
Discburse Analysis
Content Analysis
Writing Up Your Research
What if Victor Had Used the APA Manual to Write Up His Research?
Glossary
References
Index