Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology

This bestselling text provides students with the most readable and comprehensive survey of research methods, statistical concepts and procedures in psychology today.

List of contents

Preface, Acknowledgements, Part 1. Research methods and ethics, 1. Psychology, science and research, 2. Measuring people – variables, samples and the qualitative critique, 3. Experiments and experimental designs in psychology, 4. Validity in psychological research, 5. Quasi-experiments and non-experiments, 6. Observational methods – watching and being with people, 7. Interview methods – asking people direct questions, 8. Psychological tests and measurement scales, 9. Comparison studies – cross-sectional, longitudinal and cross-cultural studies, 10. Qualitative approaches in psychology, 11. Ethical issues in psychological research, Part 2. Analysing data and writing reports, 12. Analysing qualitative data, 13. Statistics – organising the data, 14. Graphical representation of data, 15. Frequencies and distributions, 16. Significance testing – was it a real effect?, 17. Testing for differences between two samples, 18. Tests for categorical variables and frequency tables, 19. Correlation, 20. Regression methods, 21. Factor analysis, 22. Multi-level analysis – differences between more than two conditions (ANOVA), 23. Multi-factorial ANOVA designs, 24. ANOVA for repeated measures designs, 25. Choosing a significance test for your data, 26. Planning your practical and writing up your report, Appendix, References, Index

About the author

Hugh Coolican is a retired principal lecturer formerly teaching and researching at Coventry University. He now holds the position of Honorary Teaching Fellow. He is a chartered psychologist and an examiner and scrutineer for the International Baccalaureate.

Summary

This bestselling text provides students with the most readable and comprehensive survey of research methods, statistical concepts and procedures in psychology today.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Coolican, Hugh (Coventry University Coolican, Coolican Hugh
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032105666
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3210566-6
• No. of pages: 852
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, REFERENCE / Research, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Psychological methodology, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Research methods: general