Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Uncommon Sense and the Scientific Method
Chapter 2. The Practice of Psychological Research
Chapter 3. Ethics of Research
Chapter 4. Conceptualization and Measurement
Chapter 5. Sampling and Surveys
Chapter 6. Causation and Research Design: Single-Factor Experiments
Chapter 7. Complex Research Designs: Multifactorial Experiments
Chapter 8. Quasiexperimental and Nonexperimental Designs
Chapter 9. Small-N and Single-Subject Designs
Chapter 10. Quantitative Data Analysis
Chapter 11. Qualitative Methods
Chapter 12. Writing a Research Paper
Appendix A: Summaries of Frequently Cited Research Articles
Appendix B: Questions to Ask About a Research Article
Appendix C: How to Read a Research Article
Appendix D: Proportions of Area Under Standard Normal Curve
Appendix E: Critical Values for t Distribution
Appendix F: Critical Values of F
Appendix G: Critical Values of Chi-Square
Appendix H: Critical Values of the Correlation Coefficient
Appendix I: Table of Random Numbers
Glossary
References
Exhibit Credits
Index
About the Authors
Research Methods in Psychology : Investigating Human Behavior by Paul Nestor. ISBN 9781483369150. Published by SAGE in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.