Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
By Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer
Pearson Education
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
December 2007
ISBN: 9780132051637
464 pages
$87.50 Paper Original
Description
Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology, second edition, provides clear, comprehensive and innovative coverage of quantitative and qualitative research methods for psychology students throughout their studies.
In this essential text for psychology students, the research process is broken down into manageable steps to equip students with the skills to ask intelligent research questions, carry out a literature review, choose an appropriate research design, carry out data collection and write up their findings. Throughout the book research examples are discussed which offer an insight into how research advances our understanding in areas such as forensic, social, educational, and abnormal psychology.
Contents
Preface
Part 1 The basics of research
1) The role of research in psychology
2) Aims and hypotheses
in research
3) Variables, concepts and measures
4) The problems of generalisation:
Chance findings and sample size
5) Research reports: The total picture
6) Examples of how to write
research reports
7) The literature search
8) Ethics in research
Part 2 Quantitative research methods
9) The basic laboratory experiment
10) Advanced experimental
design
11) Cross sectional or correlational research: Non-manipulation
studies
12) Longitudinal studies
13) Sampling and population surveys
Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement
14) Psychological tests: Their use and construction
15) Reliability
and validity: Evaluating the value of tests and measures
16) Coding
data
Part 4 Qualitative research methods
17) Why qualitative research?
18) Qualitative data collection
19) Transcribing language data:
The Jefferson system
20) Data analysis: Grounded theory
21) Thematic Analysis
22) Discourse Analysis
23) Conversation analysis
24) Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(IPA)
25) Evaluating qualitative research
Part 5 Research for projects, dissertations and theses
26) Developing ideas for research
References
Index
Features:
- Clear and concise writing style
- Entirely new chapters on Thematic Analysis, Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), and practical examples of research reports.
- Research examples are discussed which offer an insight into how research advances our understanding in areas such as forensic, social, educational, and abnormal psychology.
- Resources including MCQs, ethical dilemmas, and roadmaps to help with test selection can be found at the accompanying website, www.pearsoned.co.uk/howitt