Research methods a tool for life

Research Methods: A Tool for Life introduces readers to the importance of scientific research in every day life. Updated in the third edition, this text presents current research that engages students with familiar issues. Discussions of controversies in psychology stimulate student interest while e...

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Main Author: Beins, Bernard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston Pearson 2013
Edition:3rd ed.
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505 0 |a Psychology, science, and life -- Ethics in research -- Planning research : generating a question -- Practical issues in planning your research -- Measurement and sampling -- Conducting an experiment : general principles -- Experiments with one independent variable -- Experiments with multiple independent variables -- Expanding on experimental designs : repeated measures and quasi-experiments -- Principles of survey research -- Correlational research -- Studying patterns in the natural world : observational approaches -- Research in depth : longitudinal and single-case studies -- People are different : considering cultural and individual differences in research. 
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