Wendy Heath (New Jersey Rider University)

Psychology Research Methods

Connecting Research to Students' Lives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With a clear and conversational tone, this engaging, accessible textbook provides an introduction to research methodology. The book uses interesting research examples pertinent to students' lives to keep the reader engaged. The text is intended for undergraduate students in research methods courses in psychology departments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 276mm x 203mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 986g
• ISBN-13: 9781107461116
• ISBN-10: 1107461111
• Artikelnr.: 48327370

Autorenporträt

Wendy Heath earned a doctorate in Experimental Psychology in 1992 with a focus in cognitive and social psychology and was the recipient of Rider University's Iorio Faculty Research Prize in 2015. She has enjoyed teaching research methods to and conducting research with undergraduates for over twenty years. Dr Heath has also shown her support for student research by creating the American Psychology-Law Society Award for Best Undergraduate Research Paper, awarded annually since 2006. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and the Association for Psychological Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to research methodology
2. Developing research ideas and hypotheses
3. Ethics
4. Defining and measuring variables
5. Descriptive research methods
6. Correlations
7. Survey research
8. Experimentation with one independent variable
9. Factorial designs: experiments with more than one independent variable
10. Quasi-experimental designs
11. Small-N designs
12. External validity
13. Online research
14. Writing about and presenting your research
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