Research methods and statistics /
"Whether its designing a study, conducting an experiment, or analysing the results, research methods are an integral part of Psychology. In this student-friendly introduction, Walker covers the different types of study, quantitative data, statistics and ethics. This book is the perfect tool to...
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan,
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:4340472020-12-19T17:15:34ZResearch methods and statistics / 338065 Walker, Ian Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan,2010eng"Whether its designing a study, conducting an experiment, or analysing the results, research methods are an integral part of Psychology. In this student-friendly introduction, Walker covers the different types of study, quantitative data, statistics and ethics. This book is the perfect tool to help build students' confidence in this vital area"--Includes bibliographical referencesMachine generated contents note: RESEARCH DESIGN -- Introduction -- The First Three Stages of Designing a Study -- Samples and Populations -- Types of Study Observation, Experiment, Qualitative -- The Mighty Experiment -- Qualitative Research -- Ethics -- Putting It All Together: Thinking Through Two Study Designs -- STATISTICS -- How Statistics Are Used to Describe Research Findings -- Describing Research Findings with Graphs -- Presenting Qualitative Data -- The Chi Squared Test -- The Normal Distribution -- Looking For A Difference Between Two Sets of Numbers [t-Tests, Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon] -- Explain What Parametricity Is -- Looking at Relationships -- Qualitative Analysis -- REFERENCE -- Writing Research Reports -- Glossary."Whether its designing a study, conducting an experiment, or analysing the results, research methods are an integral part of Psychology. In this student-friendly introduction, Walker covers the different types of study, quantitative data, statistics and ethics. This book is the perfect tool to help build students' confidence in this vital area"--PSZJBLPOPULAR, BEST, ANNOUNCEPsychologyPsychometricsURN:ISBN:9780230249882 (pbk.)URN:ISBN:0230249884 (pbk.) |
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