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Cengage Research Methods by White, Mcburney
Now In Its 9Th Edition, Research Methods Provides Psychology Students With A Scientific Approach To Understanding Their Field Of Study And The World In General. The Text'S Logical, Step-By-Step Coverage Is The Result Of Decades Of Author Experience. It Includes All Of The Stages Of The Research Process, From Selecting The Project And Searching For Literature, To Choosing A Protocol And Getting Published. Research Methods Also Presents Students With Problems From Selected Psychological Literature To Demonstrate Some Of The Creative Ways Psychology Professionals Design And Conduct Effective Research. Table Of Contents - 1. Psychology And Science.2. Developing A Research Question.3. Ethics In Research.4. Writing In Psychology.5. Variables.6. Validity.7. Control.8. Nonexperimental Research, Part 1: Observational, Archival, And Case Study Research.9. Nonexperimental Research, Part 2: Survey Research.10. True Experiments, Part 1: Single-Factor Designs.11. True Experiments, Part 2: Factorial Designs.12. Single-Subject Experiments.13. Quasi Experiments.14. Data Exploration, Part 1: Graphic And Descriptive Techniques.15. Data Exploration, Part 2: Inferential Statistics.Epilogue: Biases And Limitations Of Experimental Psychology.Appendix A: Random-Number Table.Appendix B: Population Data Set.Appendix C: Suggested Answers To Reading Between The Lines.Appendix D: Key For Identifying Appropriate Graphs And Statistics.References.Indexes.