Research methods and statistics in psychology

Part I: Research Methods and Ethics 1. Psychology, science and research 2. Measuring people - variables, samples and the qualitative critique 3. Experiments and experimental designs in psychology 4. Validity in psychological research 5. Quasi-experiments and non-experiments 6. Observational methods - watching and being with people 7. Interview methods - asking people direct questions 8. Psychological tests and measurement scales 9. Comparison studies - cross-sectional, longitudinal and cross-cultural studies 10. Qualitative approaches in psychology 11. Ethical issues in psychological research Part II: Analysing data and writing reports 12. Analysing qualitative data 13. Statistics - organising the data 14. Graphical representation of data 15. Frequencies and distributions 16. Significance testing - was it a real effect? 17. Testing for differences between two samples 18. Tests for categorical variables and frequency tables 19. Correlation 20. Regression methods 21. Factor analysis 22. Multi-level analysis - differences between more than two conditions (ANOVA) 23. Multi-factorial ANOVA designs 24. ANOVA for repeated measures designs 25. Choosing a significance test for your data 26. Planning your practical and writing up your report

This book provides a comprehensive overview of research methods and statistical procedures in psychology. It covers various stages of research projects, including planning, conducting studies, data analysis, and writing reports. The book includes a section on cross-cultural psychology methods and issues. It covers experimental, interviewing, and observational methods, psychological testing, and statistical procedures like nominal-level tests, ANOVA designs, correlation, multiple regression, and logistic regression. New edition features include logistic regression, online research methods, report writing guidelines, and an instructor and student resource website.