The psychology research handbook a guide for graduate students and research assistants

This research guide includes practical instructions for graduate students and research assistants on the process of research planning and design, data collection and analysis and the writing of results. It also features chapters co-written by advanced research students providing real-world examples.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Leong, Frederick T. L. (-), Austin, James T.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications c2006.
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798496006719
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 - RESEARCH AS A SCRIPT; 2 - FINDING A RESEARCH TOPIC; 3 - BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; 4 - REVIEWING AND EVALUATING A RESEARCH ARTICLE; 5 - PROGRAM EVALUATION; 6 - DESIGNING A RESEARCH STUDY; 7 - EVALUATING AND SELECTING PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES; 8 - DESIGNING SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES FOR RESEARCH; 9 - SCALE DEVELOPMENT; 10 - APPLYING SAMPLING PROCEDURES; 11 - STATISTICAL POWER; 12 - APPLYING FOR APPROVAL TO CONDUCT RESEARCH WITH HUMAN PARTICIPANTS; 13 - CONDUCTING MAIL AND INTERNET SURVEYS
  • 14 - CONDUCTING TELEPHONE SURVEYS15 - COLLECTING DATA IN GROUPS; 16 - CLEANING UP DATA AND RUNNING PRELIMINARY ANALYSES; 17 - QUALITATIVE METHODS; 18 - A BASIC GUIDE TO STATISTICAL RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY; 19 - BASIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; 20 - USING ADVANCED STATISTICS; 21 - CONDUCTING A META-ANALYSIS; 22 - ARCHIVAL DATA SETS; 23 - WRITING IN APA STYLE; 24 - WRITING ROUGH DRAFTS; 25 - REVISING A RESEARCH MANUSCRIPT; 26 - DEALING WITH JOURNAL EDITORS AND REVIEWERS; 27 - COORDINATING A RESEARCH TEAM; 28 - MULTILEVEL RESEARCH; 29 - COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; 30 - APPLYING FOR RESEARCH GRANTS
  • 31 - CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY32 - APPLYING THEORIES TO RESEARCH: The Interplay of Theoryand Research in Science; THE RESEARCH SCRIPT:. ; 33 - THE RESEARCH SCRIPT: One Researcher's View; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS