The process of research in psychology - McBride, Dawn M. (Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Psychology -- Research -- Methodology; Psychology, Experimental; Psychology; Research -- methods; Psychology, Experimental