Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology

Part 1 Research Methods and Ethics

Chapter 1 Psychology, science and research

Chapter 2 Measuring people - variables, samples and the qualitative critique

Chapter 3 Experiments and experimental designs in psychology

Chapter 4 Validity in psychological research

Chapter 5 Quasi-experiments and non-experiments

Chapter 6 Observational methods - watching and being with people

Chapter 7 Interview methods - asking people direct questions

Chapter 8 Psychological tests and measurement scales

Chapter 9 Comparison studies - cross-sectional, longitudinal and cross-cultural studies

Chapter 10 Qualitative approaches in psychology

Chapter 11 Ethical issues in psychological research

Part 2 Analysing data and writing reports

Chapter 12 Analysing qualitative data

Chapter 13 Statistics - organising the data

Chapter 14 Graphical representation of data

Chapter 15 Frequencies and distributions

Chapter 16 Significance testing - was it a real effect?

Chapter 17 Testing for differences between two samples

Chapter 18 Tests for categorical variables and frequency tables

Chapter 19 Correlation

Chapter 20 Regression and multiple regression

Chapter 21 Factor analysis

Chapter 22 Multi-level analysis - differences between more than two conditions (ANOVA)

Chapter 23 Multi-factorial ANOVA designs

Chapter 24 ANOVA for repeated measures designs

Chapter 25 Choosing a significance test for your data

Chapter 26 Planning your practical and writing up your report

Hugh Coolican is a recently retired Principal Lecturer in Psychology at Coventry University, now holding the position of Honorary Teaching Fellow. He is also a Chartered Psychologist and an examiner and scrutineer for the International Baccalaureate.