Research Methods, International Edition

1. THINKING LIKE A SCIENTIST.
Module 1. Science and Psychology.
Module 2. An Introduction to Research Methods.
2. GETTING STARTED.
Module 3. Research Ideas.
Module 4. Ethical Research.
3. VARIABLES.Module 5. Defining, Measuring, and Manipulating Variables.
Module 6. Reliability and Validity.
4. DESCRIPTIVE METHODS.
Module 7. Observation and Other Descriptive Methods.
Module 8. Survey Methods.
5. PREDICTIVE (RELATIONAL) METHODS.
Module 9. Conducting Correlational Research.
Module 10. Quasi-Experimental Designs.
Module 11. Conducting Single-Case Research.
6. EXPLANATORY METHODS.
Module 12.Between-Participants Experimental Designs.
Module 13. Correlated-Groups and Development Designs.
Module 14. Advanced Experimental Designs.
7. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS.
Module 15. Data Organization, Central Tendency, and Variance.
Module 16. Transformation Scores and Correlation Coefficients.
8. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS I.
Module 17. Hypothesis Testing.
Module 18. t Test for Independent Groups.
9. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS II
Module 19. t Test for Correlated Groups.
Module 20. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
10. APA Communications Guidelines.
Module 21. Communicating Research Findings.
Module 22. APA Sample Manuscript
Appendix A. Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises.
Appendix B. Statistical Tables.
Appendix C. Excel, SPSS, and TI84 Exercises.
Appendix D. Computational Formulas for ANOVA.
References.
Glossary.
Index.