Research methods

Synopsis

1. Psychology and Science. 2. Developing a Research Question. 3. Ethics in Research. 4. Writing in Psychology. 5. Variables. 6. Tabular and Graphical Descriptions of Data. 7. Validity. 8. Control. 9. Nonexperimental Research, Part 1: Observational, Archival, and Case-Study Research. 10. Nonexperimental Research Part 2: Survey Research. 11. True Experiments, Part 1: Single Factor Designs. 12. True Experiments, Part 2: Factorial Designs. 13. Single-Subject Experiments. 14. Quasi Experiments. 15. Epilogue: Biases and Limitations of Experimental Psychology. Appendix A: Review of Statistics. Appendix B: Random-Number Table. Appendix C: Population Data Set. Appendix D: Suggested Answers to "Reading Between the Lines". Appendix E: Key for Identifying Appropriate Graphs and Statistics.