Understanding psychological research : The student researcher's Handbook / Miriam Lewin.

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