Research Methods: A Tool for Life by Bernard C. Beins (English) Hardcover Book

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This textbook is an introduction to the importance of scientific research in everyday life, and uses familiar examples to keep students engaged. It covers experimental research before other types of research, so students can learn about experiments early in the semester. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in research methods.

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Research Methods is an introduction to the importance of scientific research in everyday life and uses familiar examples to keep students engaged. The text analyzes controversies in psychology to stimulate student interest while explaining crucial methodological concepts. It presents ethical issues related to research, as well as social and cultural factors that might affect it, and provides a comprehensive introduction to a wide variety of methodologies. Through this book, students will learn how to generate research questions and select appropriate methodology, as well as to write a successful research report.

Author Biography

Bernard C. Beins is professor of psychology at Ithaca College, New York. He has been President-elect of the New England Psychological Association and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Understanding Research: 1. Psychology, science, and life; 2. Ethics in research; 3. Planning research: generating a research question; 4. Practical issues in planning your research; 5. Measurement and sampling; Part II. Experimental Approaches: 6. Conducting an experiment: general principles; 7. Experiments with one independent variable; 8. Experiments with multiple independent variables; 9. Expanding on experimental designs: repeated measures and quasi-experiments; Part III. Correlational and Nonexperimental Designs: 10. Principles of survey research; 11. Correlational research; 12. Studying patterns in the natural world: observational approaches; 13. Research in depth: longitudinal and single-case studies; Part IV. Culture and Research: 14. People are different: considering culture and individual differences in research; Appendix A. Writing a research report; Appendix B. Statistics review; Appendix C. Statistical tables; References; Index.

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This comprehensive text introduces current scientific research with interesting, familiar issues to engage students.

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This comprehensive text introduces current scientific research with interesting, familiar issues to engage students.

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This textbook is an introduction to the importance of scientific research in everyday life, and uses familiar examples to keep students engaged. It covers experimental research before other types of research, so students can learn about experiments early in the semester. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in research methods.

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This textbook is an introduction to the importance of scientific research in everyday life, and uses familiar examples to keep students engaged. It covers experimental research before other types of research, so students can learn about experiments early in the semester. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in research methods.

Details ISBN110847084X Author Bernard C. Beins Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 110847084X ISBN-13 9781108470841 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle A Tool for Life Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Affiliation Ithaca College, New York Edition 4th DEWEY 150.721 Publication Date 2018-11-22 Pages 534 Short Title Research Methods Language English UK Release Date 2018-11-22 AU Release Date 2018-11-22 NZ Release Date 2018-11-22 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; 30 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 49 Line drawings, black and white Edition Description 4th Revised edition Alternative 9781108456746 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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