This interactive and highly applied text engages students with a rich mix of pedagogy (including unique FAQs and FYIs), a casual reader-friendly writing style, and examples of real psychological research from both research literature and student research projects. In this updated third edition of Methods in Psychological Research, authors Annabel Ness Evans and Bryan J. Rooney focus on applying concepts and doing research with simple in-text exercises. Friendly and supportive in tone, this unique presentation of the basics conveys to students the excitement and fun of the research enterprise.

This interactive and highly applied text engages students with a rich mix of pedagogy (including unique FAQs and FYIs), a casual reader-friendly writing style, and examples of real psychological research from both research literature and student research projects. In this updated third edition of Methods in Psychological Research, authors Annabel Ness Evans and Bryan J. Rooney focus on applying concepts and doing research with simple in-text exercises. Friendly and supportive in tone, this unique presentation of the basics conveys to students the excitement and fun of the research enterprise.

Ch1. Introduction to Research in Psychology Acquiring Knowledge About the World Psychology—Science and Art Critical Thinking Objectives of Science The Tenets of Science The Scientific Method Theories, Concepts, and Hypotheses Why We Do Research Approaches to Research Steps in Planning and Doing Research Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh2. Understanding the Research Literature Objectives Searching the Literature The Research Article Basic Statistical Procedures More Complex Statistical Procedures Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh3. Research in Psychology: An Ethical Enterprise Objectives Are Ethical Codes Necessary? General Principles Ethical Standards Special Populations Internet Research Bias and Intellectual Honesty Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh4. Hypothesis Testing, Power, and Control: A Review of the Basics Objectives Three Levels of Hypotheses Testing the Null Hypothesis Statistical Significance Inferential Errors: Type I and Type II Power and How to Increase It Effect Size The Role of Replication in Research External and Internal Validity Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh5. Measuring Variables Objectives Ways of Asking Questions Social Desirability and Response Set Measuring Observed Behavior The Importance of Precision in Measurement Tests, Scales, and Inventories Commercially Available Tests and Inventories Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh6. Selecting Research Participants Objectives Sampling Methods Sample and Effect Size Power Revisited Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh7. Experimental Design: Independent Groups Designs Objectives Why We Do Experiments How We Do Experiments: Independent-Groups Designs Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh8. Experimental Design: Dependent Groups and Mixed Groups Designs Objectives Dependent-Groups Designs Mixed Designs Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh9. Experimental Design: Single-Participant Designs/The Operant Approach Objectives Single-Participant Design and the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Concepts in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior ABA and ABAB Withdrawal Designs Multiple-Baseline Design Alternating-Treatment Design Changing-Criterion Design Advantages and Disadvantages of Single-Participant Designs Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh10. Nonexperimental Research: Finding Relationships Among Variables Objectives Quasi-Experiments Longitudinal Research Case Studies Cross-Sectional Research Correlational Research Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh11. Data Collection Methods Objectives Observational Research: Observing the Behavior of Individuals Advantages and Disadvantages of Observational Research Survey Research: Asking People Questions About Their Behavior Observing Group Behavior: The Focus Group Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh12. Program Evaluation, Archival Research, and Meta-Analytic Designs Objectives Program Evaluation Archival Research Meta-Analysis Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh13. Your Research Project: Analyzing, Interpreting, and Presenting Your Research Objectives What Are Statistics and Why Are They Necessary? Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesCh14. Communicating in Psychology Objectives Writing in Psychology Presenting Research in Writing Other Ways of Presenting Research Chapter Summary Chapter ResourcesGlossaryReferencesIndex