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Focus group interviews in education and psychology [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Vaughn, Jeanne Shay Schumm, Jane Sinagub
Focus group interviews in education and psychology [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Vaughn, Jeanne Shay Schumm, Jane Sinagub
Autore Vaughn Sharon <1952->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1996
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (173 p.)
Disciplina 370.78
Altri autori (Persone) SchummJeanne Shay <1947->
SinagubJane
Soggetto topico Education - Research - Methodology
Psychology - Research - Methodology
Focus groups
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-9910818657503321
Vaughn Sharon <1952->  
Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1996
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Handbook of research methods in experimental psychology / / edited by Stephen F. Davis
Handbook of research methods in experimental psychology / / edited by Stephen F. Davis
Pubbl/distr/stampa Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2003
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (518 p.)
Disciplina 150.724
150/.7/24
Altri autori (Persone) DavisStephen F
Collana Blackwell handbooks of research methods in psychology
Soggetto topico Psychology - Research - Methodology
Psychology, Experimental - Research - Methodology
ISBN 1-4051-6604-5
1-84972-107-6
0-470-75672-1
1-280-28466-8
9786610284665
0-470-70409-8
0-470-75697-7
1-4051-2903-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Handbook of Research Methods in Experimental Psychology; Contents; List of Contributors; Part I Historical Roots and Future Trends; 1 Psychology's Experimental Foundations; 2 Current and Future Trends in Experimental Psychology; Part II Research Designs, Methodological Issues, and Analytic Procedures; 3 Traditional Nomothetic Approaches; 4 Traditional Idiographic Approaches: Small-N Research Designs; 5 The Importance of Effect Magnitude; 6 The Changing Face of Research Methods; 7 Ethical Issues in Psychological Research with Human Participants; 8 Research with Animals
9 Cross-cultural ResearchPart III Selected Content Areas; 10 Comparative Psychology; 11 Animal Learning and Animal Cognition; 12 Sensation and Perception Research Methods; 13 Taste; 14 Olfaction: Recent Advances in Learning about Odors; 15 Physiological Psychology: Biological and Behavioral Outcomes of Exercise; 16 Research Methods in Human Memory; 17 Research Methods in Cognition; 18 Motivation; 19 Audition; 20 Psychophysics; Subject Index; Name Index
Record Nr. UNISA-996217495503316
Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2003
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How to think straight about psychology / / Keith E. Stanovich
How to think straight about psychology / / Keith E. Stanovich
Autore Stanovich Keith E. <1950->
Edizione [Ninth, Pearson new international edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (214 pages)
Disciplina 150.72
Collana Always learning
Soggetto topico Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN 1-292-03628-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Psychology is Alive and Well (and Doing Fine Among the Sciences) -- 2. Falsifiability: How to Foil Little Green Men in the Head -- 3. Operation and Essentialism: "But, Doctor, What Does It Really Mean? -- 4. Testimonials and Case Study Evidence: Placebo Effects and the Amazing Randi -- 5. Correlation and Causation: Birth Control by the Toaster Method -- 6. Getting Things Under Control: The Case of Clever Hans -- 7. "But It's Not Real Life!": The "Artificiality" Criticism and Psychology -- 8. Avoiding the Einstein Syndrome: The Importance of Converging Evidence -- 9. The Misguided Search for the "Magic Bullet": The Issue of Multiple Causation -- 10. The Role of Chance in Psychology -- 11. The Achilles' Heel of Human Cognition: Probabilistic Reasoning -- References -- Index.
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Stanovich Keith E. <1950->  
Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]
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Introducing qualitative research in psychology [[electronic resource] /] / Carla Willig
Introducing qualitative research in psychology [[electronic resource] /] / Carla Willig
Autore Willig Carla
Edizione [3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, : Open University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (759 sider)
Disciplina 150.72
Soggetto topico Psychology - Qualitative research
Psychology - Research - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-335-24450-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto pt. 1. Conceptual preparation -- pt. 2. Doing research -- pt. 3. Reflections and conclusions.
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Willig Carla  
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, : Open University Press, 2013
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Introduction to behavioral research methods / / Mark R. Leary
Introduction to behavioral research methods / / Mark R. Leary
Autore Leary Mark R.
Edizione [Sixth, Pearson new international edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (399 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 150.72
Soggetto topico Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN 1-292-03363-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- 1. Research in the Behavioral Sciences -- 2. Behavioral Variability and Research -- 3. The Measurement of Behavior -- 4. Approaches to Psychological Measurement -- 5. Selecting Research Participants -- 6. Descriptive Research -- 7. Correlational Research -- 8. Advanced Correlational Strategies -- 9. Basic Issues in Experimental Research -- 10. Experimental Design -- 11. Analyzing Experimental Data -- 12. Analyzing Complex Experimental Designs -- 13. Quasi-Experimental Designs -- 14. Single-Case Research -- 15. Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research -- Appendix: Statistical Tables -- Appendix: Computational Formulas for ANOVA -- Appendix: Choosing the Proper Statistical Analysis -- References -- Index -- 9.
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Leary Mark R.  
Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014]
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Introduction to qualitative research methods in psychology / / Dennis Howitt
Introduction to qualitative research methods in psychology / / Dennis Howitt
Autore Howitt Dennis
Edizione [Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2016]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (597 pages) : color illustrations, tables
Disciplina 150.721
Collana Always learning
Soggetto topico Psychology - Research
Psychology - Research - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-292-08299-2
1-292-08303-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Brief contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 Background to qualitative methods in psychology -- Chapter 1 What is qualitative research in psychology and was it really hidden? -- Overview -- What is qualitative research? -- Science as normal practice in qualitative and quantitative research -- The beginnings of modern psychology: introspectionism and the founding fathers of psychology -- The logical positivists, behaviourism and psychology -- The quantitative dominance of mainstream psychology -- Statistics and the quantitative ethos in psychology -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 2 How qualitative methods developed in psychology: the qualitative revolution -- Overview -- The growth of qualitative methods in psychology -- The main qualitative methods in psychology up to the 1950s -- The radical innovations of 1950-1970 -- The recent history of qualitative psychology -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Part 2 Qualitative data collection -- Chapter 3 Qualitative interviewing -- Overview -- What is qualitative interviewing? -- The development of qualitative interviewing -- How to conduct qualitative interviews -- How to analyse a qualitative interview -- When to use qualitative interviews -- Evaluation of qualitative interviewing -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 4 Focus groups -- Overview -- What are focus groups? -- The development of focus groups -- How to conduct focus groups -- How to analyse data from focus groups -- When to use focus groups -- Examples of the use of focus groups -- Evaluation of focus groups -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 5 Ethnography/participant observation -- Overview -- What is ethnography/participant observation?.
The development of ethnography/participant observation -- How to conduct ethnography/participant observation -- How to analyse ethnography/participant observation -- Examples of the use of ethnography/participant observation -- When to use ethnography/participant observation -- Evaluation of ethnography/participant observation -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Part 3 Qualitative data analysis -- Chapter 6 Data transcription methods -- Overview -- What is transcription? -- Is a transcript necessary? -- Issues in transcription -- The Jefferson approach to transcription -- The development of transcription -- How to do Jefferson transcription -- When to use Jefferson transcription -- Evaluation of Jefferson transcription -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 7 Thematic analysis -- Overview -- What is thematic analysis? -- The development of thematic analysis -- How to do thematic analysis -- When to use thematic analysis -- Examples of the use of thematic analysis -- Evaluation of thematic analysis -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 8 Qualitative data analysis: grounded theory development -- Overview -- What is grounded theory? -- The development of grounded theory -- How to do grounded theory -- When to use grounded theory -- Examples of grounded theory studies -- Evaluation of grounded theory -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 9 Social constructionist discourse analysis and discursive psychology -- Overview -- What is social constructionist discourse analysis? -- The development of social constructionist discourse analysis -- How to do social constructionist discourse analysis -- When to use social constructionist discourse analysis -- Examples of social constructionist discourse analysis -- Evaluation of social constructionist discourse analysis.
Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 10 Conversation analysis -- Overview -- What is conversation analysis? -- The development of conversation analysis -- How to do conversation analysis -- When to use conversation analysis -- Examples of conversation analysis studies -- Evaluation of conversation analysis -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 11 Foucauldian discourse analysis -- Overview -- What is Foucauldian discourse analysis? -- The development of Foucauldian discourse analysis -- How to do Foucauldian discourse analysis -- When to do Foucauldian discourse analysis -- Examples of Foucauldian discourse analysis -- Evaluation of Foucauldian discourse analysis -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 12 Phenomenology -- Overview -- What is phenomenology? -- The development of phenomenology -- How to do phenomenological research -- Data analysis -- When to use phenomenology -- Examples of phenomenological analysis -- Evaluation of phenomenology -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 13 Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) -- Overview -- What is interpretative phenomenological analysis? -- The development of interpretative phenomenological analysis -- The roots of interpretative phenomenological analysis in the idiographic approach -- How to do interpretative phenomenological analysis -- When to use interpretative phenomenological analysis -- Examples of interpretative phenomenological analysis -- Evaluation of interpretative phenomenological analysis -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 14 Narrative analysis -- Overview -- What is narrative analysis? -- The development of narrative analysis -- How to do narrative analysis -- When to use narrative analysis -- Examples of narrative analysis.
Evaluation of narrative analysis -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Part 4 Planning and writing up qualitative research -- Chapter 15 Writing a qualitative report -- Overview -- Is a qualitative research report different? -- Where to aim: the overall characteristics of a good qualitative report -- The qualitative ethos -- The structure of a qualitative report -- The qualitative report in detail -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 16 Ensuring quality in qualitative research -- Overview -- How should qualitative research be evaluated? -- Some quality criteria for quantitative research -- Evaluating quality in qualitative research -- General academic justification and features of the research -- Generalisability in qualitative research -- Validity in qualitative research -- Reliability in qualitative research -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 17 Ethics and data management in qualitative research -- Overview -- Does qualitative research need ethics? -- The development of ethics in psychology -- General ethical principles for qualitative research -- Ethical procedures in qualitative research -- Debriefing as ethics and methodology -- The ethics of report writing and publication -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Chapter 18 Examples of qualitative report writing: learning the good and bad points -- Overview -- Introduction -- Examples of qualitative report writing -- Conclusion -- Key points -- Additional resources -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
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Howitt Dennis  
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Introduction to research methods and data analysis in psychology [[electronic resource] /] / Darren Langdridge, Gareth Hagger-Johnson
Introduction to research methods and data analysis in psychology [[electronic resource] /] / Darren Langdridge, Gareth Hagger-Johnson
Autore Langdridge Darren
Edizione [3rd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Harlow, : Pearson, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xxviii, 611 p.) : ill
Disciplina 150.721
Altri autori (Persone) Hagger-JohnsonGareth
Soggetto topico Psychology - Research - Methodology
Psychology - Statistical methods
Psychology
ISBN 0-273-75688-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Part 1 Introducing research methods -- 1 Starting out in research -- 2 Variables: definitions and measurement -- 3 Reliability, validity, sampling and groups -- 4 Collecting data 1: interviews and observation -- 5 Collecting data 2: questionnaires and psychometric tests -- 6 Collecting data 3: experimental and quasi-experimental designs -- 7 E-research -- Part 2 Analysing quantitative data -- 8 Fundamentals of statistics -- 9 Entering and manipulating data -- 10 Graphical representation and descriptive statistics -- 11 Bivariate analysis 1: exploring differences between variables -- 12 Bivariate analysis 2: exploring relationships between variables -- 13 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- 14 Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) -- 15 Regression -- Statistical test flowchart -- 16 Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) -- 17 Introducing R and R commander -- Part 3 Analysing qualitative data -- 18 Fundamentals of qualitative research -- 19 Transcribing, coding and organising textual data -- 20 Phenomenological research methods -- 21 Grounded theory -- 22 Discourse analysis -- 23 Life story and narrative research -- 24 The use of computers in qualitative research -- 25 Mixed methods -- Part 4 Ethics and reporting fi ndings -- 26 The ethics and politics of psychological research -- 27 Reporting and presenting findings -- Appendix: Tables of critical values for statistical tests -- References -- Index.
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Langdridge Darren  
Harlow, : Pearson, 2013
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Introduction to research methods and statistics in psychology : a practical guide for the undergraduate researcher / / Ronald A. McQueen, Christina Knussen
Introduction to research methods and statistics in psychology : a practical guide for the undergraduate researcher / / Ronald A. McQueen, Christina Knussen
Autore McQueen R. A.
Edizione [Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (575 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Disciplina 150.721
Collana Always Learning
Soggetto topico Psychology - Research - Methodology
Psychometrics
ISBN 0-273-73510-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Cover2 -- Cover3 -- Contents -- Preface to the second edition -- Guided tour -- Authors' acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introducing research -- 1.1 Psychology, a definition -- 1.2 Research and scientific method -- 1.3 Secondary research -- 1.4 Beginning your research project -- 1.5 Reviewing the literature -- 1.6 The structure of a research project -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Part 2: Planning and designing a research project -- Chapter 2: The nature of research design -- 2.1 The purpose of a design -- 2.2 The world of variables -- 2.3 Variables and levels of measurement -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Chapter 3: experimental research designs -- 3.1 Introduction to experimental research -- 3.2 Experimental design -- 3.3 Between-groups designs (independent-groups designs) -- 3.4 Within-subjects designs (repeated-measures designs) -- 3.5 Non-equivalent groups (quasi-experimental) design -- 3.6 Factorial designs -- 3.7 Mixed designs -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Chapter 4: Correlational and regression designs -- 4.1 Correlational designs -- 4.2 Partial correlation -- 4.3 Multiple correlation and regression -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Part 3: Carrying out research: methods and procedures -- Chapter 5: The essentials of carrying out research: the participants -- 5.1 The role of procedure -- 5.2 The stuff of research - whom will you use? -- 5.3 Samples and populations -- 5.4 Sampling techniques -- 5.5 Non-probability sampling -- 5.6 Samples - how to get them -- 5.7 How many participants? -- 5.8 Sample size in estimating population characteristics -- 5.9 Sample size in hypothesis testing -- 5.10 Secondary research and survey data -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Chapter 6: Ethics and research -- 6.1 Carrying out ethical research.
6.2 Participants -- 6.3 Apparatus -- 6.4 Procedural issues -- 6.5 Ethics and online research -- 6.6 Practical issues -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Chapter 7: Using questionnaires in research -- 7.1 Questionnaire design - how to get information -- 7.2 The importance of 'who' is asking the questions -- 7.3 The format of a question -- 7.4 Types of scale - closed-ended questions -- 7.5 Types of scale - open-ended questions -- 7.6 Special techniques for information gathering: focus groups -- 7.7 Pilot research -- 7.8 Using standardised instruments in research -- 7.9 What you need to know about psychological tests -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Part 4: Describing your data -- Chapter 8: Tables, figures and descriptive statistics -- 8.1 How the world can be represented numerically -- 8.2 Making sense of numbers -- 8.3 Tables and categorical variables -- 8.4 Figures and categorical variables -- 8.5 The rules for drawing graphs and charts -- 8.6 Tables and continuous variables -- 8.7 The stemplot -- 8.8 Figures and continuous variables -- 8.9 Continuous variables and the boxplot -- 8.10 Continuous-scaled data and the bar chart -- 8.11 Continuous-scaled data and line graphs -- 8.12 Statistics -- 8.13 Dispersion -- 8.14 The normal distribution -- 8.15 Practical implications -- 8.16 The standard normal distribution -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Chapter 9: Introducing SPSS -- 9.1 Computer analysis and SPSS -- 9.2 The starting point: what to do with your data -- 9.3 The basics of working with SPSS: setting up variables and data entry -- 9.4 Coding: an overview -- 9.5 How to code ordinal and nominal category data -- 9.6 How to code - and recode - continuous data -- 9.7 Entering data and naming variables: an overview -- 9.8 Data entry: between-group designs -- 9.9 Data entry: within-subjects designs -- 9.10 Setting up data in SPSS.
9.11 Naming and defining variables -- 9.12 Describing data in SPSS: an overview -- 9.13 Using SPSS to describe our data -- 9.14 Tables and figures for category variables -- 9.15 Figures and associated category variables -- 9.16 A word of caution on crosstabulation -- 9.17 Graphs and crosstabulated data for selected cases -- 9.18 Selecting cases: a word of caution -- 9.19 Describing continuous variables -- 9.20 Screening data -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Part 5: Drawing inferences and testing hypotheses -- Chapter 10: Introducing inferential statistics and tests of differences -- 10.1 Inferential statistics -- 10.2 Probability explained -- 10.3 Scope for errors -- 10.4 One- and two-tailed tests -- 10.5 Effect size and power -- 10.6 A priori and post hoc power analyses -- 10.7 Comparing samples and populations - an overview -- 10.8 Comparing samples and populations - the standard error of the mean -- 10.9 Parametric and non-parametric data -- 10.10 Tests of differences - between-group comparisons -- 10.11 Tests of differences - within-group comparisons (repeated measures) -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Chapter 11: Tests of association -- 11.1 The chi-square (x2) test of association -- 11.2 Correlation -- 11.3 Simple regression -- 11.4 The coefficient of determination (r2 ) -- 11.5 Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Chapter 12: Advanced analysis -- 12.1 Two-way ANOVA -- 12.2 Locating an effect in two-way ANOVA -- 12.3 Post hoc testing for an interaction effect -- 12.4 Partial correlation -- 12.5 Multiple regression -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Part 6: Carrying out qualitative research -- Chapter 13: Introducing qualitative research -- 13.1 An example of a qualitative study -- 13.2 Qualitative or quantitative? -- 13.3 Representing the experiences of people.
13.4 Knowledge of a particular phenomenon -- 13.5 Previous research -- 13.6 Availability of participants -- 13.7 Time factors -- 13.8 Your supervisor -- 13.9 Mixed methods -- 13.10 Different types of qualitative research -- 13.11 Planning a qualitative study -- 13.12 Research questions and the conceptual framework -- 13.13 Deciding on the method -- 13.14 Piloting -- 13.15 Other points to consider at an early stage of qualitative research -- 13.16 Collecting data -- 13.17 Dealing with qualitative data -- 13.18 The quality of the research -- Review -- Suggested further reading -- Part 7: Writing up research -- Chapter 14: Writing up your research -- 14.1 The purpose of a report -- 14.2 Writing guidelines -- 14.3 The structure of a psychology report -- 14.4 Title -- 14.5 Abstract -- 14.6 Contents -- 14.7 Introduction -- 14.8 Method -- 14.9 Results -- 14.10 Presenting tables and figures -- 14.11 Discussion -- 14.12 References -- 14.13 Appendices -- 14.14 Writing up qualitative research -- 14.15 Presentation and style -- Review -- Appendix A: Area under the normal curve -- Appendix B: Critical values of U and U' -- Appendix C: Critical values of t -- Appendix D: Critical values of T at various levels of probability -- Appendix E: Table of x2 -- Appendix F: Quick guides -- Glossary of key terms -- References -- Index.
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McQueen R. A.  
Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2013]
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Introduction to research methods in psychology / / Dennis Howitt, Loughborough University, Duncan Cramer, Loughborough University
Introduction to research methods in psychology / / Dennis Howitt, Loughborough University, Duncan Cramer, Loughborough University
Autore Howitt Dennis
Edizione [Fourth edition]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xxii, 508 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 150.72
Collana Always learning
Soggetto topico Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN 9781292015750
1292015756
9780273775065
0273775065
9780273775058
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Contents -- Guided tour -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 The basics of research -- 1 The role of research in psychology -- Overview -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Reading -- 1.3 Evaluating the evidence -- 1.4 Inferring causality -- 1.5 Types of research and the assessment of causality -- 1.6 Practice -- 1.7 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 2 Aims and hypotheses in research -- Overview -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Types of study -- 2.3 Aims of research -- 2.4 Research hypotheses -- 2.5 Four types of hypothesis -- 2.6 Difficulties in formulating aims and hypotheses -- 2.7 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 3 Variables, concepts and measures -- Overview -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The history of the variable in psychology -- 3.3 Types of variable -- 3.4 Independent and dependent variables -- 3.5 Measurement characteristics of variables -- 3.6 Stevens' theory of scales of measurement -- 3.7 Operationalising concepts and variables -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 4 The problems of generalisation and decision-making in research: Chance findings and sample size -- Overview -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Universalism -- 4.3 Sampling and generalisation -- 4.4 Statistics and generalisation -- 4.5 Directional and non-directional hypotheses again -- 4.6 More on the similarity between measures of effect (difference) and association -- 4.7 Sample size and size of association -- 4.8 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 5 Research reports: The total picture -- Overview -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Overall strategy of report writing -- 5.3 The sections of the research report in detail -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 6 Examples of how to writeresearch reports -- Overview -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 A poorly written practical report -- 6.3 Analysis of the report -- 6.4 An improved version of the report.
6.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activity -- 7 The literature search -- Overview -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Library classification systems -- 7.3 Electronic databases -- 7.4 Obtaining articles not in your library -- 7.5 Personal bibliographic database software -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 8 Ethics and data management in research -- Overview -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Ethics: general principles -- 8.3 Research ethics -- 8.4 Ethics and publication -- 8.5 Obtaining the participant's consent -- 8.6 Data management -- 8.7 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- Part 2 Quantitative research methods -- 9 The basic laboratory experiment -- Overview -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Characteristics of the true or randomised experiment -- 9.3 More advanced research designs -- 9.4 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activity -- 10 Advanced experimental design -- Overview -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Multiple levels of the independent variable -- 10.3 Multiple dependent variables -- 10.4 Factorial designs -- 10.5 The psychology and social psychology of the laboratory experiment -- 10.6 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 11 Cross-sectional or correlational research: Non-manipulation studies -- Overview -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Cross-sectional designs -- 11.3 The case for non-manipulation studies -- 11.4 Key concepts in the analysis of cross-sectional studies -- 11.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 12 Longitudinal studies -- Overview -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Panel designs -- 12.3 Different types of third variable -- 12.4 Analysis of non-experimental designs -- 12.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 13 Sampling and population surveys -- Overview -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Types of probability sampling -- 13.3 Non-probability sampling -- 13.4 National surveys -- 13.5 Socio-demographic characteristics of samples.
13.6 Sample size and population surveys -- 13.7 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement -- 14 Psychological tests: Their use and construction -- Overview -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 The concept of a scale -- 14.3 Scale construction -- 14.4 Item analysis or factor analysis? -- 14.5 Other considerations in test construction -- 14.6 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 15 Reliability and validity: Evaluating the value of tests and measures -- Overview -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Reliability of measures -- 15.3 Validity -- 15.4 Types of validity -- 15.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activity -- 16 Coding data -- Overview -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Types of coding -- 16.3 Reliability and validity -- 16.4 Qualitative coding -- 16.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- Part 4 Qualitative research methods -- 17 Why qualitative research? -- Overview -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 What is qualitative research? -- 17.3 History of the qualitative/quantitative divide in psychology -- 17.4 The quantification-qualitative methods continuum -- 17.5 Evaluation of qualitative versus quantitative methods -- 17.6 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activity -- 18 Qualitative data collection -- Overview -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Major qualitative data collection approaches -- 18.3 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 19 Transcribing language data: The Jefferson system -- Overview -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Jefferson transcription -- 19.3 Advice for transcribers -- 19.4 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 20 Thematic analysis -- Overview -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 What is thematic analysis? -- 20.3 A basic approach to thematic analysis -- 20.4 A more sophisticated version of thematic analysis -- 20.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activity -- 21 Grounded theory -- Overview -- 21.1 Introduction.
21.2 Development of grounded theory -- 21.3 Data in grounded theory -- 21.4 How to do grounded theory analysis -- 21.5 Computer grounded theory analysis -- 21.6 Evaluation of grounded theory -- 21.7 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activity -- 22 Discourse analysis -- Overview -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 Important characteristics of discourse -- 22.3 The agenda of discourse analysis -- 22.4 Doing discourse analysis -- 22.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 23 Conversation analysis -- Overview -- 23.1 Introduction -- 23.2 Precepts of conversation analysis -- 23.3 Stages in conversation analysis -- 23.4 Conclusion -- Key points -- 24 Interpretative phenomenological analysis -- Overview -- 24.1 Introduction -- 24.2 Philosophical foundations of interpretative phenomenological analysis -- 24.3 Stages in interpretative phenomenological analysis -- 24.4 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- 25 Evaluating and writing up qualitative research -- Overview -- 25.1 Introduction -- 25.2 Evaluating qualitative research -- 25.3 Validity -- 25.4 Criteria for novices -- 25.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activities -- Part 5 Research for projects, dissertations and theses -- 26 Developing ideas for research -- Overview -- 26.1 Introduction -- 26.2 Why not a replication study? -- 26.3 Choosing a research topic -- 26.4 Sources of research ideas -- 26.5 Conclusion -- Key points -- Activity -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
Altri titoli varianti Research methods in psychology
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Investigating the psychological world : scientific method in the behavioral sciences / / Brian D. Haig
Investigating the psychological world : scientific method in the behavioral sciences / / Brian D. Haig
Autore Haig Brian D. <1945->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London : , : MIT Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (219 p.)
Disciplina 150.72/1
Collana Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology
Soggetto topico Psychology - Research - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-262-02736-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Method, Methodology, and Realism; 2 Detecting Psychological Phenomena; 3 Theory Generation: Exploratory Factor Analysis; 4 Theory Development: Analogical Modeling; 5 Theory Appraisal: Inference to the Best Explanation; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
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Haig Brian D. <1945->  
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London : , : MIT Press, , 2014
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