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Published: 
September 2018
Page Count: 
290
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-9204-1

Research Methods: Core Concepts and Skills for Psychology

Version 2.0
By Paul C. Price

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  • Examples drawn from the entire range of contemporary psychology, including abnormal, clinical, and counseling psychology
  • Content and terminology influenced by leading original books and articles in the research methodology literature—as determined by an empirical analysis of the reference lists of secondary sources
  • Incorporated concepts from the Undergraduate Psychology Major Learning Goals and Outcomes document commissioned by the APA
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This textbook is suitable for the following courses: Research Methods in Psychology and Experimental Psychology

While Research Methods: Core Concepts and Skills for Psychology is fairly traditional—making it easy for you to use with your existing courses—it also emphasizes a fundamental idea that is often lost on undergraduates: research methods are not a peripheral concern in our discipline; they are central. The overarching goal of this textbook is to present the basics of psychological research methods—focusing on the concepts and skills that are most widely shared within the discipline—emphasizing both their centrality to our field and their contribution to our understanding of human behavior.

New in This Version

  • All external links updates and new links added
  • Several new "callouts" on a variety of interesting and useful topics
  • Eliminated tables of critical values and new focus on using p value calculators
  • Added new "Chapter 14: The Big Picture" with a focus on concerns about traditional research practices, their effect on the reliability of research results, and meta-analysis and open science movement as ways to address concerns
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dedication
  • Preface

    • Chapter 1: Scientific Psychology

  • 1.1 Understanding Science
  • 1.2 Scientific Research in Psychology
  • 1.3 Science and Common Sense
  • 1.4 Science and Clinical Practice

    • Chapter 2: Research Basics

  • 2.1 Basic Concepts
  • 2.2 Good Research Questions
  • 2.3 Reviewing the Research Literature

    • Chapter 3: Research Ethics

  • 3.1 Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
  • 3.2 From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
  • 3.3 Putting Ethics Into Practice

    • Chapter 4: Theories in Psychology

  • 4.1 Phenomena and Theories
  • 4.2 The Variety of Theories in Psychology
  • 4.3 Using Theories in Psychological Research

    • Chapter 5: Psychological Measurement

  • 5.1 Understanding Psychological Measurement
  • 5.2 Reliability and Validity of Measurement
  • 5.3 Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement

    • Chapter 6: Experimental Research

  • 6.1 Experiment Basics
  • 6.2 Experimental Design
  • 6.3 Conducting Experiments

    • Chapter 7: Nonexperimental Research

  • 7.1 Overview of Nonexperimental Research
  • 7.2 Correlational Research
  • 7.3 Quasi-Experimental Research
  • 7.4 Qualitative Research

    • Chapter 8: Complex Research Designs

  • 8.1 Multiple Dependent Variables
  • 8.2 Multiple Independent Variables
  • 8.3 Complex Correlational Designs

    • Chapter 9: Survey Research

  • 9.1 Overview of Survey Research
  • 9.2 Constructing Survey Questionnaires
  • 9.3 Conducting Surveys

    • Chapter 10: Single-Subject Research

  • 10.1 Overview of Single-Subject Research
  • 10.2 Single-Subject Research Designs
  • 10.3 The Single-Subject Versus Group “Debate”

    • Chapter 11: Presenting Research

  • 11.1 American Psychological Association (APA) Style
  • 11.2 Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
  • 11.3 Other Presentation Formats

    • Chapter 12: Descriptive Statistics

  • 12.1 Describing Single Variables
  • 12.2 Describing Statistical Relationships
  • 12.3 Expressing Your Results
  • 12.4 Conducting Your Analyses

    • Chapter 13: Inferential Statistics

  • 13.1 Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing
  • 13.2 Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests
  • 13.3 Additional Considerations

    • Chapter 14: The Big Picture

  • 14.1 Why Individual Studies Can Be Misleading
  • 14.2 Meta-Analysis
  • 14.3 Progress and the Promise of Open Science
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    Paul C. Price California State University, Fresno

    Paul C. Price (PhD University of Michigan) is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Fresno and previously taught at the University of Michigan. Among the courses Paul teaches regularly are an introduction to the psychology major, statistics, research methods, and health psychology. His overarching goal as a teacher is to help students learn to think carefully and critically about human behavior, and to show them that doing so can be fun. Paul's research is in the areas of judgment and reasoning, including likelihood and risk judgment, social judgment, and basic quantitative reasoning. He is on the editorial board of Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, has received the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence from California State University, Fresno, and is the recipient of two National Science Foundation research grants.

    Additions & Errata

    • In Section 11.3, under the "Professional Conferences" call out box, changed the link for "Undergraduate Research Conferences in Psychology" to the following: https://www.cur.org/undergraduate_research_conferences_in_psychology/.
    • In Section 14.2 in the "Exercise" at the end of the section: Added "and" between "meta-analysis" and "try" in the first sentence.
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