Research methods : a tool for life /
Beins, Bernard C.
Research methods : a tool for life / Bernard C. Beins. - Boston, Mass. ; London : Allyn and Bacon, 2003. - xvii, 430 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Text on lining paper.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-412) and index.
1.Pyschology, science, and life -- 2.Ethics in research: following the golden rule -- 3.Planning research: generating a question -- 4.Practical issues in planning your research -- 5.Conducting an experiment: general principles -- 6.The design of simple and complex experiments -- 7.Expanding on experimental designs: repreated measures and quasi-experiments -- 8.Principles of survey research -- 9.Correlational research -- 10.Studying patterns in the natural world: observational approaches -- 11.Research in depth: longitudinal and single-case studies -- 12.People are different: considering cultural and individual differences in research --
This text should help students to understand how to conduct meaningful research using a wide array of methodologies. It should also help them to appreciate the social and cultural factors that influence how they carry out research and how they interpret it.
9780205327713 (hbk.) : �33.99 0205327710 �56.23
Psychology--Research--Methodology
Psychology.
Social research & statistics
Educational: History
Research methods: general
BF76.5 / .B439 2003
150.72 BEI
Research methods : a tool for life / Bernard C. Beins. - Boston, Mass. ; London : Allyn and Bacon, 2003. - xvii, 430 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Text on lining paper.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-412) and index.
1.Pyschology, science, and life -- 2.Ethics in research: following the golden rule -- 3.Planning research: generating a question -- 4.Practical issues in planning your research -- 5.Conducting an experiment: general principles -- 6.The design of simple and complex experiments -- 7.Expanding on experimental designs: repreated measures and quasi-experiments -- 8.Principles of survey research -- 9.Correlational research -- 10.Studying patterns in the natural world: observational approaches -- 11.Research in depth: longitudinal and single-case studies -- 12.People are different: considering cultural and individual differences in research --
This text should help students to understand how to conduct meaningful research using a wide array of methodologies. It should also help them to appreciate the social and cultural factors that influence how they carry out research and how they interpret it.
9780205327713 (hbk.) : �33.99 0205327710 �56.23
Psychology--Research--Methodology
Psychology.
Social research & statistics
Educational: History
Research methods: general
BF76.5 / .B439 2003
150.72 BEI