000			03002nam a2200253 i 4500
003			MIUC
005			20200226150620.0
008			170719s2014 enka 001 | eng
020			_a9781444170115
040			_aMIUC _beng _cMIUC
082	0		_a150.72
245	1	4	_aResearch methods and statistics in psychology / _cHugh Coolican.
250			_aSixth edition.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bPsychology Press, _c2014.
300			_axiii, 773 p.: _bill. b&w ; _c25 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPt. 1. Research methods and ethics -- 1. Psychology, science and research -- 2. Measuring people – variables, samples and the qualitative critique -- 3. Experiments and experimental designs in psychology -- 4. Validity in psychological research -- 5. Quasi-experiments and non-experiments -- 6. Observational methods – watching and being with people -- 7. Interview methods – asking people direct questions -- 8. Psychological tests and measurement scales -- 9. Comparison studies – cross-sectional, longitudinal and cross-cultural studies -- 10. Qualitative approaches in psychology -- 11 Ethical issues in psychological research -- Pt. 2. Analysing data and writing up -- 12. Analysing qualitative data -- 13. Statistics – organising the data -- 14. Graphical representation of data -- 15. Frequencies and distributions -- 16. Significance testing – was it a real effect? -- 17. Testing for differences between two samples -- 18 Tests for categorical variables and frequency tables -- 19. Correlation and regression -- 20 Multi-level analysis – ANOVA for differences between more than two conditions -- 21. Multi-factorial ANOVA designs -- 22. ANOVA for repeated measures designs -- 23. Choosing a significance test for your data (and internet resources) -- 24. Planning your practical and writing up your report -- Pt. 3. Endmatter -- Appendix to Chapter 12. Appendix (Statistical tables) -- Appendix (statistical table).
520			_aThis sixth edition of Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology has been fully revised and updated, providing students with the most readable and comprehensive survey of research methods, statistical concepts and procedures in psychology today. Assuming no prior knowledge, this bestselling text takes you through every stage of your research project giving advice on planning and conducting studies, analysing data and writing up reports. The book provides clear coverage of statistical procedures, and includes everything needed from nominal level tests to multi-factorial ANOVA designs, multiple regression and log linear analysis. It features detailed and illustrated SPSS instructions for all these procedures eliminating the need for an extra SPSS textbook.
650		0	_9586 _aPsychology _xResearch _xMethodology
650		0	_92188 _aPsychometrics
650		0	_9555 _aStatistics
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