Research Methods and Statistics

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ISBN: 9780205208289
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Anul publicării: 2012
Pagini: 504

DESCRIERE

Beins and McCarthy present a seamless introduction to statistics and research methods, identifying different research areas and how one approaches them statistically.



The text is designed for a one- or two-semester combined course in Statistics and Research Methods/Experimental Psychology. The book provides a solid empirical foundation for the undergraduate psychology major and prepares the reader to critically evaluate psychological research and claims they may encounter in the popular press.



Teaching & Learning Experience

Personalize Learning – The new MySearchLab with eText delivers proven results in helping students succeed and provides engaging experiences that personalize learning.
Improve Critical Thinking – The entire text helps students develop critical thinking skills about research and data analysis they see in the news and to evaluate claims people make about research.
Engage Students – “Living” research examples, as well as online interactive labs a full eText within MySearchLab help to engage studens in the research process
Explore Research – In-text research examples and a lab manual included in MySearchLab help engage students in the research process.
Support Instructors – MyTest, PowerPoints, and an instructor’s manual offer additional support for instructors.\

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Features

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYSIS

MySearchLab with eText provides engaging experiences that personalize learning and includes a full eText, lab manual, and chapter quizzes.
The book provides a solid empirical foundation for the undergraduate psychology major and prepares the reader to critically evaluate psychological research and claims they may encounter in the popular press.

PERSONALIZE LEARNING WITH MYSEARCHLAB

The new MySearchLab with eText delivers proven results in helping students succeed and provides engaging experiences that personalize learning.
Writing resources on MySearchLab - Step by step tutorials present complete overviews of the research and writing process.
Research and Citing Sources on MySearchLab - Instructors and students receive access to the EBSCO ContentSelect database, census data from Social Explorer, Associated Press news feeds, and the Pearson bookshelf. Pearson SourceCheck helps students and instructors monitor originality and avoid plagiarism.
eText on MySearchLab - Just like the printed text, students and instructors can highlight and add their own notes to their interactive text online.
Chapter quizzes and flashcards on MySearchLab offer immediate feedback and a gradebook allows both students, and instructors to monitor student progress throughout the course.
Experiments Tool with interactive labs on MySearchLab is included to help engage students in the research process.

IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING

Presentation of the pitfalls of research will show students that doing research is really a form of problem solving.
Writing resources on MySearchLab - Step by step tutorials present complete overviews of the research and writing process.
Research and Citing Sources on MySearchLab - Instructors and students receive access to the EBSCO ContentSelect database, census data from Social Explorer, Associated Press news feeds, and the Pearson bookshelf. Pearson SourceCheck helps students and instructors monitor originality and avoid plagiarism.

ENGAGE STUDENTS

Running Glossary of important terms is found in the margins of the book. (ex. p. 135)
Presentation of guidelines for creating APA-style papers, presentations and posters will provide helpful information for students. (ex. p. 359)

EXPLORE RESEARCH

Use of "living" research examples will capture student interest. Survey research, for example, will come alive in the discussion of the fact that a survey with survivors of the Oklahoma City bombing revealed that about half of them suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is not research that will end up in the back of someone's file cabinet.
Research-based controversies will illustrate points being made in the chapter. (ex. p. 270)
Presentation of the pitfalls of research will show students that doing research is really a form of problem solving. (ex. p. 139)

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Table of Contents

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:



Part I: Understanding Research

Chapter 1: Psychology, Science, And Life



Part II: The First Steps in Conducting Research

Chapter 2: Ethics In Research: Following The Golden Rule

Chapter 3: Planning Your Research: What Do We Already Know About The Topic?

Chapter 4: Research Basics: Samples And Measurements

Chapter 5: Organizing Data with Descriptive Statistics



Part III: Creating Experiments

Chapter 6: Basics of Experimental Design

Chapter 7: Inferential Statistics

Chapter 8: Looking For Differences Between Groups

Chapter 9: Looking For Differences Among Multiple Groups

Chapter 10: Expanding On Experimental Designs: Factorial Designs and Quasi-Experiments



Part IV: Correlational and Nonexperimental Research

Chapter 11: Survey Research

Chapter 12: Correlation, Regression, and Nonparametric Tests

Chapter 13: Research In Depth: Case Studies and Longitudinal Research



Part V: Culture and Research

Chapter 14: People Are Different: Cultural Considerations In Research



Appendices

Appendix A: Writing a Research Report

Appendix B: Creating an Oral Presentation

Appendix C: Creating a Poster Presentation

Appendix D: Answers to Homework Problems (Pulled From Chapters)

Appendix E: Statistical Tables



Tables

Table E.1 Significance Values for The Normal Distribution (Z)

Table E.2 Significance Values for The T Distribution (T)

Table E.3 Significance Values for The Analysis Of Variance (F Test)

Table E.4 Significance Values for The Pearson Product-Moment

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