Research design explained /

Mitchell, Mark L.

Research design explained / Mark L. Mitchell, Janina M. Jolley. - 6th ed. - Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth,2007 2007. - xxiv, 611 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 600-606) and index.

Science, psychology, and you -- Ethics and validity -- Generating and refining research hypotheses -- Reading and evaluating research -- Measuring and manipulating variables : reliability and validity -- Beyond reliability and validity : the best measure for your study -- Introduction to descriptive methods and correlational research -- Survey research -- Internal validity -- The simple experiment -- Expanding the simple experiment : the multiple-group experiment -- Expanding the experiment : factorial designs -- Matched pairs, within-subjects, and mixed designs -- Single-n designs and quasi-experiments -- Putting it all together : writing research proposals and reports.

0495092231 (hbk.) - 0495093629

2006924110


Psychology--Research--Methodology.
Psychology, Experimental--Research--Methodology.

001.4 219 / M6921