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THE PROCESS OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY FOURTH EDITION
Dawn M. McBride, Illinois State University
Employing numerous examples and the pedagogical approach of spaced repetition, this introductory text covers topics
with a step-by-step approach to help students understand the full process of developing, conducting, and presenting
a research study. Early chapters introduce important concepts for developing research ideas, subject sampling, ethics,
and data collection to help students understand the process of research. In addition, concepts and skills relevant to
more than one stage of the research process are covered in multiple contexts. This approach allows students repeated
exposure to the topics that are most important in learning research skills and to the topics in a methods course that
have students may have the most diffi culty learning.
CONTENTS PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH / 1: Psychological Research / 2: Hypothesis Development /
3: Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research / 4: How Psychologists Use The Scientifi c Method / 5: Variable and Measurement In Research /
6: Sampling / 7: Summarizing and Interpreting Data: Using Statistics / 8: Reporting Research / PART II: MORE ABOUT RESEARCH METHODS AND
ANALYSIS / 9: More About Using Statistics / 10: More About Survey Research / 11: More About Correlational Studies / 12: More About One-Factor
Experiments / 13: More About Multi-Factor Experiments / 14: More About Quasi-Experiments / 15: More About Other Specialized Designs
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-2349-7 • JANUARY 2019 • 424 PAGES •
CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY: Measuring the Weight of Smoke
FIFTH EDITION
Brett W. Pelham, Georgetown University • Hart Blanton, Texas A&M University
Conducting Research in Psychology: Measuring the Weight of Smoke provides students an engaging introduction to
psychological research by employing humor, stories, and hands-on activities.
CONTENTS 1: How Do We Know? / 2: How Do We Find Out? The Logic, Art, and Ethics of Scientifi c Discovery / 3: In a Nutshell: A Conceptual
Overview of Psychological Research Methods / 4: Making It Happen: A Hands-on Guide to a First Research Project / 5: Moving From Fact to Truth:
Validity, Reliability, and Measurement / 6: Moving From Notions to Numbers: Psychological Measurement / 7: How Do We Misinterpret? Common
Threats to Validity / 8: Nonexperimental Research Designs / 9: Experience Carefully Planned: Experimental Research Designs / 10: Experience
Carefully Exploited: Quasi-Experimental Research Designs / 11: Choosing the Right Research Design / 12: A Brief Course in Statistics / 13: Telling
the World About It
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-3334-2 • ©2019 • 624 PAGES •
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METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOURTH EDITION
Bryan J. Rooney • Annabel Ness Evans, both of Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada
Methods in Psychological Research introduces students to the rich world of research in psychology through student-
friendly writing, compelling real-world examples, and frequent opportunities for practice.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Research in Psychology / 2. Understanding the Research Literature / 3. Research in Psychology: An Ethical
Enterprise / 4. Hypothesis Testing, Power, and Control: A Review of the Basics / 5. Measuring Variables / 6. Selecting Research Participants / 7.
Experimental Design: Independent-Groups Designs / 8. Experimental Design: Dependent-Groups and Mixed-Groups Designs / 9. Experimental
Design: Single-Participant Designs/The Operant Approach / 10. Nonexperimental Research: Finding Relationships Among Variables / 11. Data
Collection Methods / 12. Program Evaluation, Archival Research, and Meta-Analytic Designs / 13. Your Research Project: Analyzing, Interpreting, and
Presenting Your Research / 14. Communicating in Psychology
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-8493-1 • ©2019 • 448 PAGES • •
RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY: Investigating Human Behavior THIRD EDITION
Paul G. Nestor, University of Massachusetts Boston • Matthew Riggan, University of Pennsylvania
Research Methods in Psychology: Investigating Human Behavior draws on fascinating stories to illustrate the entire
research process within a unifying conceptual framework.
CONTENTS PART I: RESEARCH FUNDAMENTALS / 1. Uncommon Sense and the Scientifi c Method / 2. The Research Process / 3. Literature
Review in Research / 4. Ethics in Behavioral Research / 5. Conceptualization and Measurement / 6. Samples and Generalizations / II. RESEARCH
DESIGNS / 7. Are You a Maximizer of a Satisfi cer? / 8. In Search of Causality: True Experiments / 9. Experimental Design and Hypothesis Testing
/ 10. Complex Research Designs / 11. Quasi-Experimental and Nonexperimental Designs / 12. Small-N and Single-Subject Designs / 13. Survey
Research / 14. Qualitative Methods / III. RESEARCH PRODUCTS / 15. Quantitative Data Analysis / 16. Essentials of APA Report Writing
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-2377-0 •©2019 • 632 PAGES • •
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