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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Boston
Pearson
2013
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.