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Now in its 9th Edition, RESEARCH METHODS provides psychology students with a scientific approach to understanding their field of study and the world in general. The text's logical, step-by-step coverage is the result of decades of author experience. It includes all of the stages of the research process, from selecting the project and searching for literature, to choosing a protocol and getting published. RESEARCH METHODS also presents students with problems from selected psychological literature to demonstrate some of the creative ways psychology professionals design and conduct effective research.
List of contents
1. Psychology and Science.
2. Developing a Research Question.
3. Ethics in Research.
4. Writing in Psychology.
5. Variables.
6. Validity.
7. Control.
8. Nonexperimental Research, Part 1: Observational, Archival, and Case Study Research.
9. Nonexperimental Research, Part 2: Survey Research.
10. True Experiments, Part 1: Single-Factor Designs.
11. True Experiments, Part 2: Factorial Designs.
12. Single-Subject Experiments.
13. Quasi Experiments.
14. Data Exploration, Part 1: Graphic and Descriptive Techniques.
15. Data Exploration, Part 2: Inferential Statistics.
Epilogue: Biases and Limitations of Experimental Psychology.
Appendix A: Random-Number Table.
Appendix B: Population Data Set.
Appendix C: Suggested Answers to Reading Between the Lines.
Appendix D: Key for Identifying Appropriate Graphs and Statistics.
References.
Indexes.
About the author
Theresa L. White is a professor of Psychology at Le Moyne College and an adjunct associate professor in Neuroscience and Physiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Boise State University. Both of her higher degrees in experimental psychology are from English universities; her Masters of Science degree is from Oxford University (New College) and her PhD is from the University of Warwick. Dr. White's research is concerned with cognitive aspects of olfaction, or the way that people think about smells and flavors. She currently teaches Research Methods, Sensation and Perception, and Brain and Behavior. Dr. White lives in Syracuse, New York, where winters sometimes bring more than 180 inches of snow. When the lakes are frozen, Dr. White fills her time with travel and by singing in a gospel choir. Once the water will allow it, she enjoys racing her Hobie 16 sailboat.Theresa L. White is a professor of Psychology at Le Moyne College and an adjunct associate professor in Neuroscience and Physiology at SUNY Upstate Medical University. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Boise State University. Both of her higher degrees in experimental psychology are from English universities; her Masters of Science degree is from Oxford University (New College) and her PhD is from the University of Warwick. Dr. White's research is concerned with cognitive aspects of olfaction, or the way that people think about smells and flavors. She currently teaches Research Methods, Sensation and Perception, and Brain and Behavior. Dr. White lives in Syracuse, New York, where winters sometimes bring more than 180 inches of snow. When the lakes are frozen, Dr. White fills her time with travel and by singing in a gospel choir. Once the water will allow it, she enjoys racing her Hobie 16 sailboat.
Summary
Now in its 9th Edition, RESEARCH METHODS provides psychology students with a scientific approach to understanding their field of study and the world in general. The text's logical, step-by-step coverage is the result of decades of author experience. It includes all of the stages of the research process, from selecting the project and searching for literature, to choosing a protocol and getting published. RESEARCH METHODS also presents students with problems from selected psychological literature to demonstrate some of the creative ways psychology professionals design and conduct effective research.
