TY  - GEN
AU  - Coolican, Hugh 
TI  - Research methods and statistics in psychology
SN  - 9781032105666
U1  - 001.42 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Psychology Research Methodology
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -