The Process of Research in Psychology 5/e

Dawn M. McBride is professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she has taught research methods since 1998. Her research interests include automatic forms of memory, false memory, prospective memory, task order choices, and forgetting. In addition to research methods, she teaches courses in introductory psychology, cognition and learning, and human memory; she also teaches a graduate course in experimental design. She is a recipient of the Illinois State University Teaching Initiative Award and the Illinois State University SPA/Psi Chi Jim Johnson Award for commitment to undergraduate mentorship, involvement, and achievement. Her nonacademic interests include spending time with her family, traveling, watching Philadelphia sports teams (it was a good year for Philly sports this year!), and reading British murder mysteries. She earned her PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and her BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Part I: Overview of the Research Process from Start to Finish Chapter 1 Behavioral Research: The Whys and Hows of the Scientific Method Chapter 2 Hypothesis Development: Where Research Questions Come From Chapter 3 Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research Chapter 4 How Psychologists Use the Scientific Method: Data Collection Techniques and Research Designs Chapter 5 Variables and Measurement in Research Chapter 6 Sampling Chapter 7 Summarizing and Interpreting Data: Using Statistics Chapter 8 Reporting Research Part II: More About Research Methods and Analysis Chapter 9 More About Using Statistics Chapter 10 More About Survey Research Chapter 11 More About Correlational Studies Chapter 12 More About One-Factor Experiments Chapter 13 More About Multi-Factor Experiments Chapter 14 More About Quasi-Experiments Chapter 15 More About Other Specialized Designs Appendix: Statistical Calculations

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