TY - BOOK AU - Mitchell,Mark L. AU - Jolley,Janina M. TI - Research design explained SN - 9780495093626 U1 - 150.72 PY - 2007/// CY - Belmont, Calif. PB - Thomson/Wadsworth KW - Psychology KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Psychology, Experimental N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Science, psychology, and you - 2. Ethics and validity - 3. Generating and refining research hypotheses - 4. Reading and evaluating research - 5. Measuring and manipulating variables: reliability and validity - 6. Beyond reliability and validity: the best measure for your study - 7. Introduction to descriptive methods and correlational research - 8. Survey research - 9. Internal validity - 10. The simple experiment - 11. Expanding the simple experiment: the multiple-group experiment - 12. Expanding the experiment: factorial designs - 13. Mactched Pairs, within-subjects, and mixed designs - 14. Single-n designs and quasi-experiments - 15. Putting it all together: writing research proposals and reports - Appendix A: APA format checklist - Appendix B: Sample APA-style paper - Appendix C: Parctical tips for conducting an ethical and valid study - Appendix D: Introduction to statistics - Appendix E: Statistics and random numbers tables ER -