Research Methods and Statistics

Thinking critically about research and data analysis 

Beins and McCarthy present a seamless introduction to statistics and research methods, identifying different research areas and how one approaches them statistically.

The text is designed for a one- or two-semester combined course in Statistics and Research Methods/Experimental Psychology. It helps students develop critical thinking skills about research and data analysis they see in the news and to evaluate claims people make based on that research.

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Table of Contents

Part I: Understanding Research
Chapter 1 Psychology, Science, and Life

Part II: The First Steps in Conducting Research
Chapter 2 Ethics in Research
Chapter 3 Planning Research: Generating a Question
Chapter 4 Practical Issues in Planning Your Research
Chapter 5 Organizing Data with Descriptive Statistics

Part III: Creating Experiments
Chapter 6 Conducting an Experiment: General Principles
Chapter 7 Basic Inferential Statistics
Chapter 8 Looking for Differences Between Two Treatments
Chapter 9 Looking for Differences Among Multiple Treatments
Chapter 10 Multiple Independent Variables: Factorial Designs

Part IV: Correlational and Nonexperimental Research
Chapter 11 Principles of Survey Research
Chapter 12 Correlation, Regression, and Non-Parametric Tests
Chapter 13 Research in Depth: Longitudinal and Single-Case Studies

Part V: Culture and Research
Chapter 14 People Are Different: Considering Cultural and Individual Differences in Research

Appendix A: Writing a Research Report
Appendix B: Developing an Oral Presentation
Appendix C: Creating a Poster
Appendix D: Answers to Chapter Review Questions
Appendix E: Statistical Table