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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816269503321

Titolo

The psychology research handbook : a guide for graduate students and research assistants / / [edited by] Frederick T.L. Leong and James T. Austin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2006

ISBN

1-322-41258-8

1-4522-0905-7

1-78268-943-5

1-4129-7662-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 516 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

LeongFrederick T. L

AustinJames T

Disciplina

150/.72

Soggetti

Psychology - Research - Methodology

Psychology - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 - RESEARCH AS A SCRIPT; 2 - FINDING A RESEARCH TOPIC; 3 - BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; 4 - REVIEWING AND EVALUATING A RESEARCH ARTICLE; 5 - PROGRAM EVALUATION; 6 - DESIGNING A RESEARCH STUDY; 7 - EVALUATING AND SELECTING PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES; 8 - DESIGNING SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES FOR RESEARCH; 9 - SCALE DEVELOPMENT; 10 - APPLYING SAMPLING PROCEDURES; 11 - STATISTICAL POWER; 12 - APPLYING FOR APPROVAL TO CONDUCT RESEARCH WITH HUMAN PARTICIPANTS; 13 - CONDUCTING MAIL AND INTERNET SURVEYS

14 - CONDUCTING TELEPHONE SURVEYS15 - COLLECTING DATA IN GROUPS; 16 - CLEANING UP DATA AND RUNNING PRELIMINARY ANALYSES; 17 - QUALITATIVE METHODS; 18 - A BASIC GUIDE TO STATISTICAL RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY; 19 - BASIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; 20 - USING ADVANCED STATISTICS; 21 - CONDUCTING A META-ANALYSIS; 22 - ARCHIVAL DATA SETS; 23 - WRITING IN APA STYLE; 24 - WRITING ROUGH DRAFTS; 25 - REVISING A RESEARCH



MANUSCRIPT; 26 - DEALING WITH JOURNAL EDITORS AND REVIEWERS; 27 - COORDINATING A RESEARCH TEAM; 28 - MULTILEVEL RESEARCH; 29 - COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; 30 - APPLYING FOR RESEARCH GRANTS

31 - CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY32 - APPLYING THEORIES TO RESEARCH: The Interplay of Theoryand Research in Science; THE RESEARCH SCRIPT:. ; 33 - THE RESEARCH SCRIPT: One Researcher's View; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This research guide includes practical instructions for graduate students and research assistants on the process of research planning and design, data collection and analysis and the writing of results. It also features chapters co-written by advanced research students providing real-world examples.