The Psychologist as Detective: An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology
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For undergraduate courses in Experimental Psychology, Research Methods, or Experimental Design.This text conveys the excitement of research methodology through a lively, conversational style. To make the study of the research process interactive and accessible, student-focused features and critical thinking activities are integrated throughout the text. Actual student research appears in each chapter to increase relevance and heighten student interest.
PrefaceCh. 1The Science of Psychology1Ch. 2Research Ideas, Hypotheses, and Ethics23Ch. 3Nonexperimental Methods for Acquiring Data63Ch. 4The Basics of Experimentation I: Variables and Control99Ch. 5The Basics of Experimentation II: Participants and Apparatus, Cross-Cultural Considerations, and Beginning the Research Report139Ch. 6Statistics Review168Ch. 7Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with Two Groups201Ch. 8Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with More than Two Groups237Ch. 9Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables275Ch. 10How Good Is Your Experiment? Internal and External Validity331Ch. 11Alternative Research Approaches371Ch. 12Assembling the Research Report407Appendix AStatistical Tables447Appendix BAnswers to Study Breaks452References472Index480
