Research Methods - Bernard C. Beins

Research Methods

A Tool for Life
Buch | Softcover
534 Seiten | Ausstattung: Worked examples or Exercises;
2018 | 4th Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-45674-6 (ISBN)
74,80 inkl. MwSt
This textbook is an introduction to the importance of scientific research in everyday life, and uses familiar examples to keep students engaged. It covers experimental research before other types of research, so students can learn about experiments early in the semester. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in research methods.
Research Methods is an introduction to the importance of scientific research in everyday life and uses familiar examples to keep students engaged. The text analyzes controversies in psychology to stimulate student interest while explaining crucial methodological concepts. It presents ethical issues related to research, as well as social and cultural factors that might affect it, and provides a comprehensive introduction to a wide variety of methodologies. Through this book, students will learn how to generate research questions and select appropriate methodology, as well as to write a successful research report.

Bernard C. Beins is professor of psychology at Ithaca College, New York. He has been President-elect of the New England Psychological Association and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

Preface; Part I. Understanding Research: 1. Psychology, science, and life; 2. Ethics in research; 3. Planning research: generating a research question; 4. Practical issues in planning your research; 5. Measurement and sampling; Part II. Experimental Approaches: 6. Conducting an experiment: general principles; 7. Experiments with one independent variable; 8. Experiments with multiple independent variables; 9. Expanding on experimental designs: repeated measures and quasi-experiments; Part III. Correlational and Nonexperimental Designs: 10. Principles of survey research; 11. Correlational research; 12. Studying patterns in the natural world: observational approaches; 13. Research in depth: longitudinal and single-case studies; Part IV. Culture and Research: 14. People are different: considering culture and individual differences in research; Appendix A. Writing a research report; Appendix B. Statistics review; Appendix C. Statistical tables; References; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 30 b/w Tables; 1 b/w Halftone, 49 b/w Line drawings
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 175 x 248 mm
Gewicht 1060 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-108-45674-X / 110845674X
ISBN-13 978-1-108-45674-6 / 9781108456746
Zustand Neuware
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