Research methods / Donald H. McBurney, Theresa L. White.

Previous edition: Belmont, Calif.: Thomson Wadsworth, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-447) 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. Noneexperimental 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-Participant Experiments. 14. Quasi Experiments. 15. 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.

RESEARCH METHODS provides psychology students with a scientific approach to understanding their field of study and the world in general. The text's logical, step-by-step coverage is the result of decades of author experience, and includes all of the stages of the research process{u2014}from selecting the project and searching for literature to choosing a protocol and getting published. Utilizing a wide variety of problems from psychological literature, the text also illustrates the many creative ways that psychology professionals design and conduct effective research.