Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods: An Becoming a Psychological Detective / Edition 1

by Stephen F. Davis, Randolph A. Smith

Overview

  This is a forward-looking book that combines two related topics of research psychology in one volume.   This book starts with the science of psychology, and goes on to cover the basics of experimentation and research methods, and the basics of statistical concepts.   Professionals in the field of Research Psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780131505117
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	02/11/2020
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Science of Psychology.

2. Research Ideas and Hypotheses.

3. Ethics in Psychological Research.

4. Basic Statistical Concepts, Frequency Tables, Graphs, Frequency Distributions, and Measures of Central Tendency.

5. The Basics of Experimentation I: Variables and Control.

6. Summarizing and Comparing Data: Measures of Variation, Distribution of Means and the Standard Error of the Mean, and z Scores.

7. The Basics of Experimentation II: Final Considerations, Unanticipated Influences, and Cross-Cultural Issues.

8. Correlation and Prediction.

9. Probability, the Normal Curve, and Sampling.

10. Designing and Conducting Experiments with Two Groups.

11. Inferential Tests of Significance I: t tests—Analyzing Experiments with Two Groups.

12. Designing and Conducting Experiments with More Than Two Groups.

13. Inferential Tests of Significance II: Analyzing and Interpreting Experiments with More Than Two Groups.

14. Designing and Conducting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables.

15. Inferential Tests of Significance III: Analyzing and Interpreting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables.

16. Alternative Research Designs.

17. External Validity and Critiquing Experimental Research.

18. Data Transformations and Nonparametric Tests of Significance.

19. Nonexperimental Methods.

20. Writing and Assembling an APA-Format Research Report.

Appendix A: Statistical Tables.

Appendix B: Check Your Progress Answers.

Appendix C: Answers to Exercises

References

Index