Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology / Edition 3

by Hugh Coolican

Overview

Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology, 3rd edition, is the ideal text for those students who need more than just a single chapter (as found in most texts) but less detail than a higher-level advanced research methods text. It provides all the skills required to approach research methods in a logical way, showing students how to design and report experiments, collect and analyze data. The book also provides excellent coverage of questionnaire design, observation techniques, experimental designs, sampling, variables, ethics and qualitative research.

This text is also ideal for undergraduates with no previous experience of research methods and statistics, and those who approach it with trepidation! Coolican draws on common sense, logic and everyday experience to show students that they already have the skills and techniques to understand and carry out research successfully.

Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology is the essential text for all courses that require the "hands-on" skills of simple research, experiments, data collection, and analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340907573
Publisher:	Hodder Education Publishers
Publication date:	03/31/2006
Series:	A Hodder Arnold Publication Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

Hugh Coolican is Principal Lecturer in Psychology at Coventry University, a Chartered Psychologist and an assistant examiner for the International Baccalaureate.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1	Psychology and research	1
Ch. 2	Measuring people - variables and samples	18
Ch. 3	Experimental methods	34
Ch. 4	Beyond the experiment - other kinds of research approach	53
Ch. 5	Observation	62
Ch. 6	Asking questions - questionnaries, scales, interviews and surveys	70
Ch. 7	Qualitative data and qualitative approaches to research	91
Ch. 8	Dealing with data - descriptive statistics	102
Ch. 9	Significance testing and probability	134
Ch. 10	Choosing a significance test for your data	150
Ch. 11	Test of difference	157
Ch. 12	Correlation - things that go together	180
Ch. 13	Ethical issues in psychological research	195
Ch. 14	Planning practicals and writing reports	208