Research Methods in Psychology

by Jhangiani, Chiang, Cuttler, & Leighton

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This text provides an overview of research design strategies used in psychological research. It covers the basic descriptive statistics and concepts within inferential statistics that are necessary for appreciation and comprehension of research findings. The course presents the student with the fundamentals of research that all psychology majors should know. Emphasis is placed on the critical evaluation of psychological research.

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Subjects
Social Sciences, Psychology
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Authors
  7. Preface
  8. About this Text
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. 1: The Science of Psychology
  11. 1.1: Prelude to the Science of Psychology
  12. 1.2: Methods of Knowing
  13. 1.3: Understanding Science
  14. 1.4: Goals of Science
  15. 1.5: Science and Common Sense
  16. 1.6: Experimental and Clinical Psychologists
  17. 1.7: The Science of Psychology (Summary)
  18. 2: Overview of the Scientific Method
  19. 2.1: Prelude to the Scientific Method
  20. 2.2: A Model of Scientific Research in Psychology
  21. 2.3: Finding a Research Topic
  22. 2.4: Generating Good Research Questions
  23. 2.5: Developing a Hypothesis
  24. 2.6: Designing a Research Study
  25. 2.7: Analyzing the Data
  26. 2.8: Drawing Conclusions and Reporting the Results
  27. 2.9: Overview of the Scientific Method (Summary)
  28. 3: Research Ethics
  29. 3.1: Prelude to Research Ethics
  30. 3.2: Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
  31. 3.3: From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
  32. 3.4: Putting Ethics Into Practice
  33. 3.5: Research Ethics (Summary)
  34. 4: Psychological Measurement
  35. 4.1: Prelude to Psychological Measurement
  36. 4.2: Understanding Psychological Measurement
  37. 4.3: Reliability and Validity of Measurement
  38. 4.4: Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement
  39. 4.5: Psychological Measurement (Summary)
  40. 5: Experimental Research
  41. 5.1: Prelude to Experimental Research
  42. 5.2: Experiment Basics
  43. 5.3: Experimental Design
  44. 5.4: Experimentation and Validity
  45. 5.5: Practical Considerations
  46. 5.6: Experimental Research (Summary)
  47. 6: Non-Experimental Research
  48. 6.1: Prelude to Nonexperimental Research
  49. 6.2: Overview of Non-Experimental Research
  50. 6.3: Correlational Research
  51. 6.4: Complex Correlation
  52. 6.5: Qualitative Research
  53. 6.6: Observational Research
  54. 6.7: Non-Experimental Research (Summary)
  55. 7: Survey Research
  56. 7.1: Prelude to Survey Research
  57. 7.2: Overview of Survey Research
  58. 7.3: Constructing Surveys
  59. 7.4: Conducting Surveys
  60. 7.5: Survey Research (Summary)
  61. 8: Quasi-Experimental Research
  62. 8.1: Prelude to Quasi-Experimental Research
  63. 8.2: One-Group Designs
  64. 8.3: Non-Equivalent Groups Designs
  65. 8.4: Quasi-Experimental Research (Summary)
  66. 9: Factorial Designs
  67. 9.1: Factorial Designs
  68. 9.2: Setting Up a Factorial Experiment
  69. 9.3: Interpreting the Results of a Factorial Experiment
  70. 9.4: Factorial Designs (Summary)
  71. 10: Single-Subject Research
  72. 10.1: Single-Subject Research
  73. 10.2: Overview of Single-Subject Research
  74. 10.3: Single-Subject Research Designs
  75. 10.4: The Single-Subject Versus Group “Debate”
  76. 10.5: Single-Subject Research (Summary)
  77. 11: Presenting Your Research
  78. 11.1: Prelude to Presenting Your Research
  79. 11.2: American Psychological Association (APA) Style
  80. 11.3: Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
  81. 11.4: Other Presentation Formats
  82. 11.5: Presenting Your Research (Summary)
  83. 12: Descriptive Statistics
  84. 12.1: Describing Single Variables
  85. 12.2: Describing Statistical Relationships
  86. 12.3: Expressing Your Results
  87. 12.4: Conducting Your Analyses
  88. 12.5: Descriptive Statistics (Summary)
  89. 13: Inferential Statistics
  90. 13.1: Prelude to Inferential Statistics
  91. 13.2: Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing
  92. 13.3: Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests
  93. 13.4: Additional Considerations
  94. 13.5: From the “Replicability Crisis” to Open Science Practices
  95. 13.6: Inferential Statistics (Summary)
  96. Back Matter
  97. Glossary
  98. Index
  99. Glossary
  100. Detailed Licensing