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The Process of Research in Psychology Dawn M. McBride

The Process of Research in Psychology By Dawn M. McBride

The Process of Research in Psychology by Dawn M. McBride

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In startling clarity, this innovative textbook covers the 'nuts and bolts' of the research process in psychology with a refreshingly clear chapter layout and fascinating examples to illustrate its concepts and themes.

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The Process of Research in Psychology by Dawn M. McBride

Author Dawn McBride covers the basic material you would expect to find in a methods text, but organizes material into chronological steps that cover designing, conducting, and presenting a psychology research study. The text includes: - End-of-chapter quizzes, a student website, and a lab manual enabling students to test themselves and practise what they learn - Examples and activities employed in each chapter come from a wide range of psychological settings, giving students a useful overview of real research being done in the field A version of the book is available with Student Version SPSS 17.0

About Dawn M. McBride

Dawn M. McBride is a professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she has taught research methods for the past 13 years. Her research interests include automatic forms of memory, false memory, prospective memory, and forgetting. In addition to research methods, she teaches courses in introductory psychology, cognition and learning, human memory, and a graduate course in experimental design. She is a recipient of the Illinois State University Teaching Initiative Award. Her out-of-work interests include spending time with her family, traveling, watching Philadelphia (her place of birth) sports teams, and reading British murder mysteries. She earned her PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and her BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Part I. Overview of the Research Process From Start to Finish 1. Psychological Research: The Whys and Hows of the Scientific Method 2. Hypothesis Development: Where Research Questions Come From 3. How Psychologists Use the Scientific Method: Observation Techniques and Research Designs 4. Types of Variables 5. Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research 6. Sampling 7. Summarizing and Interpreting Data: Using Statistics 8. Reporting Research Part II. The Nuts and Bolts of Research Methods and Analysis 9. The Nuts and Bolts of Survey Research 10. The Nuts and Bolts of Correlational Studies 11. The Nuts and Bolts of Experiments 12. The Nuts and Bolts of Quasi-Experiments 13. The Nuts and Bolts of Other Specialized Designs 14. The Nuts and Bolts of Using Statistics Appendix: Statistical Calculations Glossary References Index About the Author

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CIN1412960789VG
9781412960786
1412960789
The Process of Research in Psychology by Dawn M. McBride
Dawn M. McBride
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
20091101
352
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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