NOTE: Each chapter includes:
- Learning Objectives
- Chapter Abstract
- Chapter Flowchart
- Boxes
- Summary
- Key Terms
- Discussion Questions and Exercises
1. Introduction to Research Methods
Inside Research: Carla MacLean
Why You Should Care about
Research Methods
Methods for Evaluating Claims
Distinction between Science and Pseudoscience
Distinction between Applied and Basic Research
The Research Process and Organization of This Book
2. Conducting Ethical Research
Inside Research: Chris Lovato
History of
Ethics
Respect for Persons
Concern for Welfare
Justice
Why Ethics Matter
Research Ethics Boards
Conflict of Interest
Examples of Ethical Violations in Psychology
Ethical Considerations for Research with Non-human Animals
3. Starting Your Research
Inside
Research: Christopher Green
Choose a Research Topic
Let Theory Guide Your Research
Avoid Common Problems in Starting Your Research
4. Focusing Your Question and Choosing a Design
Inside Research: Tony Vernon
Define Your Goal
Choose a Research
Methodology
Advantages of Multiple Approaches and Methods
Reliability and Validity
Raising Children's Intelligence: What Works?
5. Developing Your Research Proposal
Inside Research: Jayne Gackenbach
Obtain Your Sample
Choose Your Measures
Conduct a Power
Analysis
Formulate an Analysis Plan
The Art of Juggling Choices
Make the Best Choices
6. Survey and Interview Approaches
Inside Research: M. Gloria González-Morales
The Pervasiveness of Surveys
Surveys versus Interviews
The Pros and Cons of Surveys
The Pros
and Cons of Interviews
Using an Existing Survey versus Creating a New One
Steps to Building Your Own Questionnaire
7. Experimental Designs
Inside Research: Patrick McGrath
The Uniqueness of Experimental Methodology
Key Constructs of Experimental Methods
Types of
Experimental Designs
Extraneous and Confounding Variables
What Dwyer, Kushlev, and Dunn Found
Ethical Considerations in Experimental Design
8. Variations on Experimental Designs
Inside Research: Colleen MacQuarrie
Quasi-experimental Designs
Factorial
Designs
Single-Case Experimental Designs
9. Observation, Case Studies, Archival Research, and Meta-analysis
Inside Research: Martin Daly
Observational Methods
Case Studies
Archival Research
Meta-Analysis
10. Research over Age and Time
Inside
Research: Erin Barker
Defining Developmental Terms
Designs to Study Change over Age and Time
Additional Challenges to Consider in Developmental Designs
Summary of Research Investigating Change over Time
11. Analyzing Your Data I: An Overview
Inside Research: Kyle
Matsuba
The Steps of Data Analysis
Inferential Statistics and Null Hypothesis Significance Testing
Criticisms of NHST
Going beyond NHST: Effect Size and Confidence Intervals
12. Analyzing Your Data II: Specific Approaches
Inside Research: Scott Ronis
General
Approach to Data Analysis
Comparing Means
Comparisons of More Than Two Means: ANOVA
Comparing Counts/Frequencies
Assumption Violations
Robust Statistical Methods
13. Writing Up Your Results
Inside Research: Patricia Coburn
Determining Your Audience
Elements
of Good Scientific Writing
Overall Manuscript Flow and Organization
Basic Sections of a Quantitative Research Paper
Common Issues to Consider
Variations from a Single-Experiment Paper
Alternative Ways to Communicate Research Results
Online Chapters
14.
Publishing Your Research
Inside Research: Sherry Beaumont
The Paper Is Done! Now What?
Presenting Research at Conferences
Writing Up Research for Publication
The Review Process
15. Neuroscience Methods
Inside Research: Merlin Donald
The Importance of
Understanding Neuroscience
Neuroimaging Techniques
Ethical Issues in Neuropsychology
Using Neuroscience in Conjunction with Other Methods
Appendix
Glossary
References
Subject Index
Instructor's Manual:
For each chapter:
· Chapter outline
· 15 multiple-choice questions
· 15 short-answer questions
- 10-15 assignments
· Examples of how to conduct data analysis in SPSS and R
· 1-2 of the examples from the text.
· Answer key
PowerPoint slides
For each chapter:
- 25-30 Slides
Test Generator
For each chapter
- 50 multiple-choice questions
- 50 short-answer questions
Image Library
- All figures from text
Ben Gorvine is professor of Instruction and Assistant Chair of the Psychology Department at Northwestern University.
Karl Rosengren is a professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lisa Stein has a BA from Bowdoin College and an MSJ from the Medill
School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Kevin Biolsi has a BA from Cornell University, an MS from the University of Michigan, and a PhD from the University of Michigan.
Shayna Rusticus has a BA from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, an MA and PhD from the University of
British Columbia, and is an instructor in the Psychology Faculty at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
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