Coolican, H: Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology

Preface. PART 1 Research methods and ethics. 1. Psychology, science and research. 2. Measuring people - variables, samples and the qualitative critique. 3. Experiments and experimental designs in psychology. 4. Validity in psychological research. 5. Quasi-experiments and non-experiments. 6. Observational methods - watching and being with people. 7. Interview methods - asking people direct questions. 8. Psychological tests and measurement scales. 9. Comparison studies - cross-sectional, longitudinal and cross-cultural studies. 10. Qualitative approaches in psychology. 11 Ethical issues in psychological research. PART 2 Analysing data and writing up. 12. Analysing qualitative data. 13. Statistics - organising the data. 14. Graphical representation of data. 15. Frequencies and distributions. 16. Significance testing - was it a real effect? 17. Testing for differences between two samples. 18 Tests for categorical variables and frequency tables. 19. Correlation and regression. 20 Multi-level analysis - ANOVA for differences between more than two conditions. 21. Multi-factorial ANOVA designs. 22. ANOVA for repeated measures designs. 23. Choosing a significance test for your data (and internet resources). 24. Planning your practical and writing up your report. Appendix to Chapter 12. Appendix (Statistical tables).

Hugh Coolican is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Coventry, a Chartered Psychologist and an examiner for the International Baccalaureate.