Research Methods: A Tool for Life/
by Bernard C.Beins
- 4th ed.
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- xxi,514p.
Part I.Understanding Research-- 1. Psychology science and life -- 2. Ethics in research -- 3. Planning research, generating a research question -- 4. Practical issues in planning your research -- 5. Measurement and sampling -- Part II.Experimental Approaches-- 6. Conducting an experiment -- 7. Experiments with one independent variable -- 8. Experiments with multiple independent variables -- 9. Expanding on experimental designs, repeated measures and quasi-experiments -- Part III.Correlational and Nonexperimental Designs-- 10. Principles of survey research -- 11. Correlational research -- 12. Studying patterns in the natural world, observational approaches -- 13. Research in depth, longitudinal and single-case studies -- Part IV.Culture and Research 14. People are different, considering culture and individual differences in research.