Bernard C. Beins (New York Ithaca College)

Research Methods

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook is an introduction to the importance of scientific research in everyday life, and uses familiar examples to keep students engaged. It covers experimental research before other types of research, so students can learn about experiments early in the semester. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in research methods.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 4 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 538
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1104g
• ISBN-13: 9781108470841
• ISBN-10: 110847084X
• Artikelnr.: 52425207

Autorenporträt

Bernard C. Beins is professor of psychology at Ithaca College, New York. He has been President-elect of the New England Psychological Association and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Understanding Research: 1. Psychology, science, and life
2. Ethics in research
3. Planning research: generating a research question
4. Practical issues in planning your research
5. Measurement and sampling
Part II. Experimental Approaches: 6. Conducting an experiment: general principles
7. Experiments with one independent variable
8. Experiments with multiple independent variables
9. Expanding on experimental designs: repeated measures and quasi-experiments
Part III. Correlational and Nonexperimental Designs: 10. Principles of survey research
11. Correlational research
12. Studying patterns in the natural world: observational approaches
13. Research in depth: longitudinal and single-case studies
Part IV. Culture and Research: 14. People are different: considering culture and individual differences in research
Appendix A. Writing a research report
Appendix B. Statistics review
Appendix C. Statistical tables
References
Index.