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Research Methods in Psychology Glynis M. Breakwell

Research Methods in Psychology By Glynis M. Breakwell

Research Methods in Psychology by Glynis M. Breakwell

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Now completely up to date with the latest innovations, this book engages with recent controversies to give students the best start with their research.

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Research Methods in Psychology by Glynis M. Breakwell

Much has changed in psychological research in the last decade and much has changed in the fifth edition of Research Methods in Psychology to make sure that it is still an essential textbook for teaching Research Methods.

With 6 new chapters looking at the biggest issues in psychological research and a complete reframing of qualitative and quantitative methods, this book is at the forefront of ethical, innovative and sound research.

Within each chapter there are features to help students

* Consolidate learning

* Reflect on key studies

* Improve critical thinking

* Develop their evaluation skills

Take a look to see how we've redesigned this classic texts to meet the needs of the modern researcher and lecturer.


About Glynis M. Breakwell

Dame Glynis M. Breakwell is Professor Emeritus at the University of Bath in the Department of Psychology and Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London, in the Institute of Global Health Innovation. Her research focuses upon identity process theory and social representations, leadership in complex organisations, and the psychology of risk management, perception and communication. She has published more than 20 books, several of which are on research methods. She is an adviser to both public and private sector organisations on the use of psychological methods and theories. Daniel B. Wright is the Dunn Family Foundation Endowed Chair and Professor of Educational Assessment, in the Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His interests are in methodology and applied cognitive science. Julie Barnett is a Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Bath. She is a social psychologist with research interests around risk appreciation, risk communication, public responses to new environmental and health technologies and managing food allergy. Over the last 10 years she has been part of a range of interdisciplinary projects funded by research councils, charities and government departments and agencies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Research Questions, Design, Strategy and Choice of Methods - Glynis M Breakwell, Daniel B. Wright and Julie Barnett Chapter 2: Ethics - Daniel B Wright, Julie Barnett and Glynis M Breakwell Chapter 3: Big Questions and New Methods - Glynis M Breakwell, Daniel B Wright and Julie Barnett Chapter 4: Capturing and Recording Information - Julie Barnett and Konstantina Vasileiou Chapter 5: Telling Others about Your Research - Julie Barnett, Glynis M Breakwell and Daniel B Wright Chapter 6: Psychology as a Science: What is Science? - Daniel B. Wright, Julie Barnett, and Glynis M. Breakwell Chapter 7: Accessing Difficult to Access Information - Glynis Breakwell and Julie Barnett Chapter 8: Quasi-experimental Designs (including observational methods) - Chris Fife-Schaw Chapter 9: Experimental Design - Graham Hole Chapter 10: Interviewing and Focus Groups - Glynis M. Breakwell and Lada Timotijevic Chapter 11: Descriptive Statistics: Graphical and Numerical Methods - Marianna E. Carlucci and Daniel B. Wright Chapter 12: Content Analysis, Thematic Analysis and Discourse Analysis - Rusi Jaspal Chapter 13: Self-Report Data - Jeff Gavin and Karen Rodham Chapter 14: Questionnaire Design - Chris Fife-Schaw Chapter 15: Surveys and Sampling - Patrick Sturgis Chapter 16: Inferential Statistics - Marianna E. Carlucci and Daniel B. Wright Chapter 17: Factorial ANOVA - Katherine McGuire and Kamala London Chapter 18: Correlation and Regression - Jeremy Miles Chapter 19: Creating Latent Variables - Daniel B. Wright and Sarah M. Wells

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NGR9781526488916
9781526488916
1526488914
Research Methods in Psychology by Glynis M. Breakwell
Glynis M. Breakwell
New
Hardback
SAGE Publications Ltd
2020-10-19
584
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