Autore	Wilson Mark <1954 Aug. 23-, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Mahwah, N.J. : , : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, , 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (234 p.)
Disciplina	150/.28/7
Soggetto topico	Psychometrics Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN	1-135-61804-6 1-282-32283-4 1-283-58486-7 9786612322839 9786613897312 1-135-61805-4 1-4106-1169-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I A Constructive Approach to Measurement; Chapter 1 Construct Modeling: The "Four Building Blocks" Approach; Part II The Four Building Blocks; Chapter 2 Construct Maps; Chapter 3 The Items Design; Chapter 4 The Outcome Space; Chapter 5 The Measurement Model; Part III Quality Control Methods; Chapter 6 Choosing and Evaluating a Measurement Model; Chapter 7 Reliability; Chapter 8 Validity; Part IV A Beginning Rather Than a Conclusion; Chapter 9 Next Steps in Measuring; References; Author Index; Subject Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910783436103321

Autore	Dunbar George (George L.)
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Malden, MA, : BPS Blackwell, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiii, 179 p. ) : ill
Disciplina	150.72
Soggetto topico	Psychology - Research - Methodology Psychology - Research
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-470-77653-6 9781405141131 0-470-98421-X 1-280-19844-3 9786610198443 1-4051-4113-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Evidence in psychology -- Case studies -- Solutions -- Recap -- Cross-reference chart.
Record Nr.	UNISA-996313049603316

Autore	Sani Fabio <1961->
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (234 p.)
Disciplina	150.724 150/.72/4 519.5
Altri autori (Persone)	TodmanJohn B
Soggetto topico	Psychometrics Experimental design Psychology - Research - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-23773-2 9786610237739 0-470-77612-9 1-4051-5038-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Scientific psychology and the research process -- The nature of psychology experiments (I): variables and conditions -- The nature of psychology experiments (II): validity -- Describing data -- Making inferences from data -- Selecting a statistical test -- Tests of significance for nominal data -- Tests of significance for ordinal data (and interval/ratio data when parametric assumptions are not met) -- Tests of significance for interval data -- Correlational studies.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910145694903321

Autore	Salkind Neil J.
Edizione	[Ninth, global edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2018]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	150.72
Soggetto topico	Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN	1-292-15630-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- New to the Edition -- How This Book Is Organized -- What's Special about This Book? -- A Note to the Instructor -- How to Use This Book -- Available Instructor Resources -- A Big Thanks -- Acknowledgments for the Global Edition -- Chapter 1: The Role and Importance of Research -- Say Hello to Research! -- What Research Is and What It Isn't -- A Model of Scientific Inquiry -- Asking the Question -- Identifying the Important Factors -- Formulating a Hypothesis -- Collecting Relevant Information -- Testing the Hypothesis -- Working with the Hypothesis -- Reconsidering the Theory -- Asking New Questions -- Different Types of Research -- Nonexperimental Research -- Experimental Research -- True Experimental Research -- Quasi-Experimental Research -- What Research Method to Use When? -- Basic Research versus Applied Research -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 2: The Research Process Coming to Terms -- From Problem to Solution -- The Language of Research -- All about Variables -- Dependent Variables -- Independent Variables -- The Relationship between Independent and Dependent Variables -- Other Important Types of Variables -- Hypotheses -- The Null Hypothesis -- The Research Hypothesis -- Differences between the Null Hypothesis and the Research Hypothesis -- What Makes a Good Hypothesis? -- Samples and Populations -- The Concept of Significance -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 3A: Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research -- Selecting a Problem -- Defining Your Interests -- Ideas, Ideas, Ideas (and What to Do with Them) -- From Idea to Research Question to Hypothesis -- Reviewing the Literature -- Using General Sources -- Using Secondary Sources -- Using Primary Sources -- Reading and Evaluating Research -- What Does a Research Article Look Like?. Criteria for Judging a Research Study -- Using Electronic Tools in Your Research Activities -- Searching Online -- The Great Search Engines -- Using Boolean Operators in a Search -- More about Google -- Using Bibliographic Database Programs -- Using the Internet: Beyond Searches -- Research Activities and the Internet -- A Bit about E-Mail -- An Introduction to News Groups and RSS Feeds -- And, Just a Bit about Web Sites -- Using Social Media in Research -- Writing the Literature Review -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 3B: The Importance of Practicing Ethics in Research -- A Bit of History -- Basic Principles of Ethical Research -- Protection from Harm -- Maintenance of Privacy -- Coercion -- Informed Consent -- Confidentiality -- Debriefing -- Sharing Benefits -- Ensuring High Ethical Standards -- The Role of Professional Organizations -- A Summary of Ethical Guidelines -- Ethics and Children -- Ethics Regarding Online Research -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 4: Sampling and Generalizability -- Populations and Samples -- Probability Sampling Strategies -- Simple Random Sampling -- Systematic Sampling -- Stratified Sampling -- Cluster Sampling -- Nonprobability Sampling Strategies -- Convenience Sampling -- Quota Sampling -- Samples, Sample Size, and Sampling Error -- How Big Is Big? -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 5: Measurement, Reliability, and Validity -- The Measurement Process -- Levels of Measurement -- Nominal -- Ordinal -- Interval -- Ratio -- Continuous versus Discrete Variables -- What Is All the Fuss? -- Reliability and Validity: Why They Are Very, Very Important -- A Conceptual Definition of Reliability -- Increasing Reliability -- How Reliability Is Measured -- Types of Reliability -- Establishing Reliability: An Example -- Validity -- A Conceptual Definition of Validity -- Types of Validity -- Establishing Validity: An Example. The Relationship between Reliability and Validity -- Closing (and Very Important) Thoughts -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 6: Methods of Measuring Behavior -- Tests and Their Development -- Why Use Tests? -- What Tests Look Like -- Types of Tests -- Achievement Tests -- Multiple-Choice Achievement Items -- Attitude Tests -- Personality Tests -- Observational Techniques -- Techniques for Recording Behavior -- Questionnaires -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 7: Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics -- Getting Ready for Data Collection -- The Data Collection Process -- Constructing Data Collection Forms -- Coding Data -- The Ten Commandments of Data Collection -- Getting Ready for Data Analysis -- Descriptive Statistics -- Distributions of Scores -- Comparing Distributions of Scores -- Measures of Central Tendency -- You and Excel-Computing Measures of Central Tendency -- Measures of Variability -- The Range -- The Standard Deviation -- You and Excel-Computing Measures of Variability -- Understanding Distributions -- The Normal (Bell-Shaped) Curve -- The Mean and the Standard Deviation -- Standard Scores: Computing and Using z Scores -- What z Scores Really, Really Mean -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 8: Introducing Inferential Statistics -- Say Hello to Inferential Statistics! -- How Inference Works -- The Role of Chance -- The Central Limit Theorem -- The Idea of Statistical Significance -- Tests of Significance -- How a Test of Significance Works -- t-Test for Independent Means -- How to Select the Appropriate Test -- You and Excel-Computing a t-Value for a Test of Independent Means Using the ToolPak -- Some Other Tests of Significance -- Working with More Than One Dependent Variable -- Significance versus Meaningfulness -- Meta-Analysis -- How Meta-Analyses Are Done -- Summary -- Exercises. Chapter 9: Nonexperimental Research Descriptive and Correlational Methods -- Descriptive Research -- Survey Research -- How to Conduct Survey Research -- Correlational Research -- The Relationship between Variables -- What Correlation Coefficients Look Like -- Computing the Pearson Correlation Coefficient -- You and Excel-Computing a Correlation Using the ToolPak -- Interpreting the Pearson Correlation Coefficient -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 10: Nonexperimental Research Qualitative Methods -- Conducting Qualitative Research -- How Qualitative Research Differs -- Research Sources -- Documentation -- Archival Records -- Physical Artifacts -- Direct Observation -- Participant Observation -- Focus Groups -- Case Studies -- Some Advantages of the Case Study Method -- Some Disadvantages of the Case Study Method -- Ethnographies -- Historical Research -- Conducting Historical Research -- The Steps in Historical Research -- Sources of Historical Data -- Primary or Secondary Sources: Which Are Best? -- Authenticity and Accuracy -- The Limitations of Historical Research -- Qualitative Research Tools -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 11: Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods -- Experimental Designs -- Pre-Experimental Designs -- True Experimental Designs -- Internal and External Validity and Experimental Design -- Threats to Internal Validity -- Threats to External Validity -- Increasing Internal and External Validity -- Internal and External Validity: A Trade-Off? -- Controlling Extraneous Variables -- Matching -- Use of Homogeneous Groups -- Analysis of Covariance -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 12: Quasi-Experimental Research A Close Cousin to Experimental Research -- The Quasi-Experimental Method -- Quasi-Experimental Designs -- The Nonequivalent Control Group Design -- The Static Group Comparison -- Single-Subject Designs. Multiple Baseline Designs -- Evaluating Single-Subject Designs -- Developmental Research -- The Utility of Follow-Up Studies -- The Role of Age in Studying Development -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 13: Writing a Research Proposal -- The Format of a Research Proposal -- Appearance -- Evaluating the Studies You Read -- Criteria for Judging a Research Study -- Planning the Actual Research -- Selecting a Dependent Variable -- Reviewing a Test -- Basic Information -- General Test Information -- Design and Appearance -- Reliability -- Validity -- Norms -- Evaluation -- Selecting a Sample -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Selecting an Inferential Statistic -- Protecting Human Subjects -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 14: Writing a Research Manuscript -- What a Manuscript Looks Like -- Title Page -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Appendices -- Author Notes -- Footnotes -- Table Captions -- Tables -- Figure Captions -- Figures -- Nuts and Bolts -- Summary -- Appendix A: Fifty Excel Shortcuts for the Mac and Windows -- Appendix B: Sample Data Set -- Appendix C: Answers to End-of-Chapter Exercises -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Credits -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910162959503321

Autore	Vaughn Sharon <1952->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1996
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (187 p.)
Disciplina	370.78
Altri autori (Persone)	SchummJeanne Shay <1947-> SinagubJane
Soggetto topico	Education - Research - Methodology Psychology - Research - Methodology Focus groups
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8039-5892-7 1-4522-4364-6 1-4522-4729-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Why Use Focus Group Interviews in Educational and Psychological Research?; Chapter 3 - Application of Focus Group Interviews for Educational and Psychological Research; Chapter 4 - Preparing for the Focus Group; Chapter 5 - Selection of Participants; Chapter 6 - Role of the Moderator; Chapter 7 - Data Analysis; Chapter 8 - Putting it all Together: Steps in Conducting Focus Group Interviews; Chapter 9 - Use of Focus Groups with Children and Adolescents; Chapter 10 - Potential Abuses of Focus Group Interviews; References Author IndexSubject Index; About the Authors
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910479947303321