McBurney, Donald, 1938-

Research methods / Donald H. McBurney, Theresa L. White. - 6th ed. - Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2004. - xv, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Psychology and Science. - 2. Developing a Research Question. - 3. Ethics in Research. - 4. Writing in Psychology. - 5. Variables. - 6. Tabular and Graphical Description of Data. - 7. Validity. - 8. Control. - 9. Nonexperimental Research, Part 1 : Observational, Archival, and Case-Study Research. - 10. Nonexperimental Research, Part 2 : Survey Research. - 11. True Experiments, Part 1 : Single-Factor Designs. - 12. True Experiments, Part 2 : Factorial Designs. - 13. Single-Partcipant Experiments. - 14. Quasi Experiments. - Epilogue. : Biases and Limitations of Experimental Psychology. - Appendix A : Review of Statistics. - Appendix B : Random-Number Table. - Appendix C ; Population Data Set. - Appendix D ; Suggested Answers to "Reading Between the Lines". - Appendix E ; Key for Identifying Appropriate Graphs and Statistics. - References. - Indexes.

0534524184 (hbk.)


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

150.72 / MAC