Research Methods in Psychology 5th Edition by Dennis Howitt, Duncan Cramer ISBN 1292134275 9781292134277

Part 1 Basics of research
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Reading
1.3 Evaluating the evidence
1.4 Inferring causality
1.5 Types of research and the assessment of causality
1.6 Practice
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Types of study
2.3 Aims of research
2.4 Research hypotheses
2.5 Four types of hypothesis
2.6 Difficulties in formulating aims and hypotheses
3.1 Introduction
3.2 History of the variable in psychology
3.3 Types of variable
3.5 Measurement characteristics of variables
3.6 Stevens’ theory of scales of measurement
3.7 Operationalising concepts and variables
4.1 Introduction.
4.3 Sampling and generalisation
4.4 Statistics and generalisation
4.5 Directional and non-directional hypotheses again
4.6 More on the similarity between measures of effect (difference) and association
4.7 Sample size and size of association
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Overall strategy of report writing
5.3 Sections of the research report in detail
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Poorly written quantitative report
6.3 Analysis of the report
6.4 Improved version of the report
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Library classification systems
7.3 Electronic databases
7.4 Obtaining articles not in your library
7.5 Personal bibliographic database software
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Ethics: general principles
8.3 Research ethics
8.4 Ethics and publication
8.5 Obtaining the participant’s consent
8.6 Data management
Part 2 Quantitative research methods
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Characteristics of the true or randomised experiment
9.3 More advanced research designs
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Multiple levels of the independent variable
10.4 Factorial designs
10.5 Psychology and social psychology of the laboratory experiment
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Cross-sectional designs
11.3 Case for non-manipulation studies
11.4 Key concepts in the analysis of cross-sectional studies
12.1 Introductio
12.2 Panel designs
12.3 Different types of third variable
12.4 Analysis of non-experimental designs
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Types of probability sampling
13.3 Non-probability sampling
13.4 National surveys
13.5 Socio-demographic characteristics of samples
13.6 Sample size and population surveys
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Confidence intervals
14.3 Effect sizes
14.4 Power
14.5 Replication
14.6 Questionable research practices and truth inflation
Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Concept of a scale
15.3 Scale construction
15.4 Item analysis or factor analysis?
15.5 Other considerations in test construction
16.1 Introduction……Page 355
16.2 Reliability of measures……Page 357
16.3 Validity……Page 360
16.4 Types of validitya
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Types of coding
17.3 Reliability and validity
17.4 Qualitative coding
Part 4 Qualitative research methods
18.1 Introduction
18.2 What is qualitative research?
18.3 History of the qualitative/quantitative divide in psychology
18.4 Quantification–qualitative methods continuum
18.5 Evaluation of qualitative versus quantitative methods
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Major qualitative data collection approaches
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Jefferson transcription
20.3 Advice for transcribers
21.1 Introduction
21.2 What is thematic analysis?
21.3 Basic approach to thematic analysis
21.4 More sophisticated version of thematic analysis
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Development of grounded theory
22.3 Data in grounded theory
22.4 How to do grounded theory analysis
22.5 Computer grounded theory analysis
22.6 Evaluation of grounded theory
23.1 Introduction
23.2 Important characteristics of discourse
23.3 The agenda of discourse analysis.
23.4 Doing discourse analysis
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Precepts of conversation analysis
24.3 Stages in conversation analysis
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Philosophical foundations of interpretative phenomenological analysis
25.3 Stages in interpretative phenomenological analysis
26.1 Introduction
26.2 Evaluating qualitative research
26.3 Validity
26.4 Criteria for novices
27.1 Introduction.
27.2 Poorly written qualitative report
27.3 Critical evaluation
Part 5 Research for projects, dissertations and theses
28.1 Introduction
28.2 Why not a replication study?
28.3 Choosing a research topic
28.4 Sources of research ideas
28.5 Conclusion