Understanding research methods and statistics in psychology


Helen Gavin.
Bok Engelsk 2008 Helen. Gavin
Utgitt
Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : : SAGE, , c2008.
Omfang
1 online resource (xx, 404 p.) : : ill.
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I FIRST EXPLORATIONS; 1 THE RANGE OF RESEARCH; 2 ETHICS IN RESEARCH: SOME SHOCKING CASES; 3 SOME BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH; PART II BEGINNING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; 4 USING NUMBERS TO DESCRIBE BEHAVIOUR; 5 INFERENTIAL STATISTICS -WHY AND WHAT?; 6 SIMPLE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS: BEING WATCHED; 7 SINGLE FACTORIAL DESIGN: THE LEVELS OF PROCESSING EXPERIMENTS; 8 SURVEY RESEARCH: WHO IS AFRAID OF CRIME?; 9 CORRELATIONAL DESIGNS: THE POOR RELATION?; PART III COMPLEX QUANTITATIVE DESIGNS; 10 FACTORIAL DESIGNS WITH MORE THAN ONE FACTOR: A CLOSER LOOK AT MEMORY. - 11 MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS12 COMPLEX CORRELATIONAL DESIGNS AND ANALYSIS: STATS CAN BE MURDER; PART IV BEGINNING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; 13 THEORY IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; 14 DESIGNING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; PART V COMPLEX QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; 15 INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS; 16 PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION: GIRLS, GANGS AND AGGRESSION; 17 THEMATIC ANALYSIS; 18 DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: POWER AND CONTROL; 19 EVALUATION RESEARCH; PART VI COMMUNICATION OF RESEARCH; 20 COMMUNICATING RESEARCH; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX. - To enable all undergraduate psychology students to carry out their own investigations, this textbook covers basic and advanced qualitative and quantitative methods and follows a sequential structure starting from first principles to more advanced techniques.. - Specialized.
Emner
Psychology - Statistical methods.
Psykologi forskning metode undersøkelser statistikk kvantitativ forskning kvalitativ forskning
Dewey
ISBN
9781412934411. - 9781412934428

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