| Description |
xxi, 271 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-261) and index. |
| Contents |
Unit 1. Setting yourself up for success : 1. The psychology project as a means of acquiring knowledge -- 2. Ethics for research in psychology -- 3. choosing a topic and the research proposal -- 4. A connected and convincing argument -- 5. Self-management -- 6. Maximising supervision -- 7. How to handle the research literature -- 8. How to write a good introduction -- 9. Sampling considerations -- 10. Sourcing materials and measures for psychological research -- Unit 2. Quantitative methods of inquiry : 11. Quantitative methods of inquiry -- 12. Analysing quantitative data -- 13. Designing and conducting an experimental research project -- 14. Writing up your quantitative methodology -- 15. Writing up you qualitative results section -- 16. Writing up your quantitative discussion section -- Unit 3. Qualitative methods of inquiry : 17. Qualitative methods of inquiry -- 18. Qualitative data analysis -- 19. The semi-structured interview as part of grounded theory -- 10. Designing, conducting and analysing a grounded theory project -- 21. Writing up your qualitative methodology -- 22. Writing up your qualitative findings and discussion -- Unit 4. The final touches : 23. Title and abstract -- 24. References -- 25. The final write-up -- App.A. Students' personal experiences of their psychology project -- App. B. Carrying common statistical analyses using SPSS V14. |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Psychology, Experimental. |
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Data Collection -- methods. |
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Empirical Research. |
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Research Design. |
| ISBN |
1412922313 (hbk.) |
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9781412922319 (hbk.) |
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1412922321 (pbk.) |
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9781412922326 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101322381 |
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NZ1 11261556 |
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AU@ 000042334665 |
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