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• NEW - Updated student research examples.

  • Provides students with relevant, current research examples which highlight research studies that students like themselves have conducted. The student research examples are integrated throughout the text.

• NEW - View of hypothesis testing.

  • Provides students with a detailed examination of new approaches to hypothesis testing.

• NEW - Updated qualitative research methods.

  • Provides students with guidelines for the most up-to-date research methods.

• NEW - Reorganized Nonexperiemental Research Methods chapters (Ch. 4 & 5).

  • New chapter format allows instructors to more effectively select the material they wish to cover.

• NEW - Updated APA format chapter—Including new APA checklist.

  • Provides students with updated material from the 5th edition of the APA Publication Manual.

• Psychological Detective Boxes.

  • Encourages students to engage in critical thinking.

• Continuing Research Problems.

  • Shows students the development of different research designs and demonstrates how those different research designs are interrelated.

• Intelligent consumer skills.

  • Helps students learn to read research reports and extract critical information.

• Review summaries highlight key terms—Within each chapter.

  • Provides students with manageable sections for review and evaluation.

• Check Your Progress feature.

  • Enables students to test their mastery of the material and prepare for quizzes.

New To This Edition

• Updated student research examples.

  • Provides students with relevant, current research examples which highlight research studies that students like themselves have conducted. The student research examples are integrated throughout the text.

• View of hypothesis testing.

  • Provides students with a detailed examination of new approaches to hypothesis testing.

• Updated qualitative research methods.

  • Provides students with guidelines for the most up-to-date research methods.

• Reorganized Nonexperiemental Research Methods chapters (Ch. 4 & 5).

  • New chapter format allows instructors to more effectively select the material they wish to cover.

• Updated APA format chapter—Including new APA checklist.

  • Provides students with updated material from the 5th edition of the APA Publication Manual.

Table of Contents



 1. The Science of Psychology.


 2. Research Ideas and Hypotheses.


 3. Ethics in Psychological Research.


 4. Nonexperimental Methods I: Descriptive Methods, Qualitative Research and Correlational Studies.


 5. Nonexperimental Methods II: Ex Post Facto Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sampling and Basic Research Strategies.


 6. The Basics of Experimentation I: Variables and Control.


 7. The Basics of Experimentation II: Final Considerations, Unanticipated Influences, and Cross-Cultural Issues.


 8. Using Statistics to Answer Questions.


 9. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with Two Groups.


10. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with More than Two Groups.


11. Designing, Conducting, Analyzing, and Interpreting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables.


12. Alternative Research Designs.


13. External Validity and Critiquing Experimental Research.


14. Writing and Assembling an APA-Format Research Report.


Appendix A: Statistical Tables.


Appendix B: Selected Statistical Formulae.


Appendix C: Factorial Design with Three Independent Variables.


Appendix D: Study Break Answers.


Glossary.


References.


Index.

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Research Methods / Experimental Methods  (Psychology)

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