The process of research in psychology /
Dawn M. McBride.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010.
- xiv, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Psychological research : the whys and hows of the scientific method -- Hypothesis development : where research questions come from -- How p sychologists use the scientific method : observation techniques and res earch designs -- Types of variables -- Ethical guidelines for psycholog ical research -- Sampling -- Summarizing and interpreting data : using statistics -- Reporting research -- The nuts and bolts of survey resear ch -- The nuts and bolts of correlational studies -- The nuts and bolts of experiments -- The nuts and bolts of quasi-experiments -- The nuts and bolts of other specialized designs -- The nuts and bolts of using s tatistics.