CiNii Books - Research methods in psychology

Research Methods in Psychology, Second Edition is an expanded and updated new edition of a bestselling textbook. It presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key research methods, both qualitative and quantitative, employed in psychology and across the social sciences. Four new chapters are presented (Research with Special Groups, Cross-Cultural Research, Content Analysis, and Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling) and all other chapters have been thoroughly revised and brought up-to-date. The book has four parts: in the first the relationship between psychological theory and research methodology, from both a practical and ethical viewpoint is considered; the second explains how to collect data using the major types of research design, and at the same time introduces the philosophical principles underlying them; in Part Three an invaluable guide to the traditional techniques of data gathering in psychology, as well as featuring less common techniques is offered; and finally the fourth part covers the issue of data analysis, clearly explaining the logic of statistical testing and the relationships between methodology and statistics, avoiding over-complicated formulae and focusing upon what can legitimately be inferred from commonly used psychological statistics. The book is illustrated throughout with examples from current research and combines step-by-step advice, exercises and lists of further reading.

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PART ONE Introducing Research Methods in Psychology - Glynis M Breakwell Research - Glynis M Breakwell and David Rose Theory and Method Practical and Ethical Issues in Planning Research - Martyn Barrett PART TWO The Experimental Method in Psychology - Alyson Davis and David Rose Single-Case Experimental Designs - Sarah L Wilson Quasi-Experimental Designs - Chris Fife-Schaw Surveys and Sampling Issues - Chris Fife-Schaw Facet Theory - Jennifer Brown and Julie Barnett An Approach to Research Research with Special Groups - John Everatt Cross-Cultural Research Methods - Evanthia Lyons and Xenia Chryssochoou PART THREE Levels of Measurement - Chris Fife-Schaw Questionnaire Design - Chris Fife-Schaw Using Psychometric Tests - Sean Hammond Psychophysical Methods - David Rose Psychophysiological Methods - Paul Barrett and Paul Sowden Direct Observation - Jill Wilkinson Interviewing - Glynis M Breakwell Discourse Analysis - Adrian Coyle Qualitative Data Analysis - Evanthia Lyons Data Display Model Structuring Qualitative Data Using a Scaling Procedure - Margaret Wilson and Sean Hammond Diary Techniques - Glynis M Breakwell and Peter Wood Focus Groups - Lynne J Millward PART FOUR Ethnographic and Action Research - David Uzzell Using the Computer to Define and Explore Theories in Psychology - Peter Simpson Bivariate Statistical Analyses - Chris Fife-Schaw Introduction to Multivariate Data Analysis - Sean Hammond Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling - Chris Fife-Schaw Meta-Analysis - Peter Wood

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