Understanding psychological research : The student researcher's Handbook / Miriam Lewin.
Publication details: New York : John Wilet and Sons, c1979Description: xi, 452 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 22 150.7 LEW
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CONTENTS (1)
PART ONE : The Logic of Research
Chapter 1 : The Scientific and Ethical Foundations of Research
Chapter 2 : Research Design : Variables and Groups of Subjects
Chapter 3 : Research Design : Operational Definitions and Validity
PART TWO : Methods: The Choices and the Trade-Offs
Chapter 4 : The Experiment
Chapter 5 : Questionnaire Construction
Chapter 6 : Attitude Measurement
Chapter 7 : Subject Selection and Sampling
Chapter 8 : Personality Research
Chapter 9 : The Interview
Chapter 10 : Content Analysis and Nonreactive Methods
Chapter 11 : Observation
Chapter 12 : Evaluation Research
PART THREE : After the Data Are in
Chapter 13 : Data Analysis: Introduction
Chapter 14 : Data Analysis: Selection and Computation of Statistics
Chapter 15 : Data Interpretation
Chapter 16 : Writing Your Research Report
CONTENTS (2)
Psychology's Struggle to Become a Science
Mechanism and Determinism
Measuring the Unmeasured
Triangulation: the Use of Many Methods
The Problem of Bias
The Ingredients of the Scientific Attitude According to Whitehead
Science Assumes Order and Lawfulness
Science Collects Empirical Data
Science Searches for Theories
Science is Tentative
Science is Public
Science Uses a Model
Diverse Approaches to Scientific Research: Aristotelian Versus Galilean Concepts
Student Research Projects
Benefits of the Research Methods
Course
Fear of Statistics
Working with Human Subjects
Organizing Your Work
The Ethics of Research
Ethical Principles in the Conduct of Research with Human Participants
Summary Discussion of the Ethical Principles
Includes : References: p. 418-435 and Index: p. 437-452
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