The Psychologist as Detective: An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psycholog
The Psychologist as Detective conveys the excitement of research methodology through a lively, conversational style. To make the study of the research process interactive and accessible for readers, pedagogical features and critical thinking activities are integrated throughout the volume. Actual student research appears in each chapter to increase relevance and heighten reader interest.\ This text evaluates the science of psychology, research ideas and hypotheses, ethics, nonexperimental...
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The Psychologist as Detective conveys the excitement of research methodology through a lively, conversational style. To make the study of the research process interactive and accessible for readers, pedagogical features and critical thinking activities are integrated throughout the volume. Actual student research appears in each chapter to increase relevance and heighten reader interest.This text evaluates the science of psychology, research ideas and hypotheses, ethics, nonexperimental methods and the basics of experimentation variables and control, statistics, designing-conducting-analyzing and interpreting experiments, as well as alternative research designs, external validity, critiquing experimental research and writing and assemblling an APA-format research report.For individuals involved with or interested in psychological research.
Chapter 1: The Science of PsychologyChapter 2: Research Ideas, Critiquing Research, and HypothesesChapter 3: Ethics in Psychological ResearchChapter 4: Nonexperimental Methods I: Descriptive Methods, Qualitative Research, and Correlational StudiesChapter 5: Nonexperimental Methods II: Ex Post Facto Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sampling, and Basic Research StrategiesChapter 6: The Basics of Experimentation I: Variables and ControlChapter 7: The Basics of Experimentation II: Final Considerations, Unanticipated Influences, and Cross-Cultural IssuesChapter 8: Internal and External ValidityChapter 9: Using Statistics to Answer QuestionsChapter 10: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with Two GroupsChapter 11: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with More than Two GroupsChapter 12: Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with Multiple Independent VariablesChapter 13: Alternative Research DesignsChapter 14: Writing and Assembling an APA-Format Research Report
