The psychologist as detective : an introduction to conducting research in psychology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Randolph A., 1951-
Other Authors: Davis, Stephen F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007.
Edition:4. bs.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The science of psychology
  • Research ideas, critiquing research and hypotheses
  • Ethics in psychological research
  • Nonexperimental methods I: descriptive methods, qualitative research, and correlational studies
  • Nonexperimental methods II: ex post facto studies, surveys and questionnaires, sampling and basic research strategies
  • The basics of experimentation I: variables and control
  • The basics of experimentation II: final considerations, unanticipated influences, and cross-cultural issues
  • Internal and external validity
  • Using statistics to answer questions
  • Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with two groups
  • Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with more than two groups
  • Designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments with multiple independent variables
  • Alternative research designs
  • Writing and assembling an APA format research report.