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Research Methods For The Behavioural Sciences Tim Rakow (Reader at Kings College London)

Research Methods For The Behavioural Sciences By Tim Rakow (Reader at Kings College London)

Research Methods For The Behavioural Sciences by Tim Rakow (Reader at Kings College London)


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Research Methods For The Behavioural Sciences by Tim Rakow (Reader at Kings College London)

Research Methods for the Behavioural Sciences guides students through the research process from beginning to end, using an accessible step-by-step approach. With an emphasis on the decisions researchers must make along the way, it provides tips and strategies for all elements of the research process to ensure relevance and validity. In this first adaptation of the textbook for Europe, South Africa and the Middle East, all the core elements which have contributed to its success are complemented by recent and relevant developments in the field pertinent to these regions, helping students to fully relate to the content.

About Tim Rakow (Reader at Kings College London)

Tim Rakow is Reader in Psychology at King's College London. He has over 20 experience of supervising research and teaching research methods to psychology students. Dr Rakow uses a range of research strategies to examine human judgement and decision making. He has published over 50 research articles in more than 25 different academic journals, spanning the disciplines of psychology, health , medicine, decision science and behavioural economics. He is an Associate Editor for the journal Thinking & Reasoning. The late Frederick J Gravetter was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at The College at Brockport, State University of New York. While teaching at Brockport, Dr. Gravetter specialized in statistics, experimental design, and cognitive psychology. He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from M.I.T. and his Ph.D. in psychology from Duke University. In addition to publishing several research articles, Dr. Gravetter co-authored Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences and Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Lori-Ann B Forzano is Professor of Psychology at The College at Brockport, State University of New York, where she regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in research methods, statistics, learning, animal behaviour, and the psychology of eating. Her research examines impulsivity and self-control in adults and children and has been published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Learning and Motivation and The Psychological Record. Dr. Forzano also co-authored Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. She received her PhD in experimental psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Acquiring Knowledge and the Scientific Method 2. Research Ideas and Hypotheses 3. Defining and Measuring Variables 4. Ethics in Research 5. Selecting Research Participants 6.. Research Strategies and Validity 7 The Experimental Research Strategy 8. Experimental Designs: Between-Subjects Design 9. Experimental Designs: Within-Subjects Design 10. The Non-experimental and Quasi-Experimental Strategies 11. Factorial Designs 12. The Correlational Research Strategy 13. Modes and Methods of Measurement 14. Case Study and Single-Case Experimental Research Designs 15. Statistical Evaluation of Data 16. Writing an APA-Style Research Report

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NPB9781473774032
9781473774032
1473774039
Research Methods For The Behavioural Sciences by Tim Rakow (Reader at Kings College London)
New
Paperback
Cengage Learning EMEA
2021-01-06
656
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