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Research Methods in Psychology: Science and Diversity
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More About This Title Research Methods in Psychology: Science and Diversity

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This book is to be used for research methods in psychology, using an experimental approach. The book is unique in that there is coverage of cross-cultural psychology as well as cross-cultural information, which is integrated throughout the text.
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Part One: The Scientific Process.

1. The Role of Science and the Scientific Method.

2. Variables and Variance.

3. Validity, Control, and Generalizing.

4. Ethical Considerations in Research.

5. Measuring Behavior.

Part Two: Analyzing the Results.

6. Presenting the Data: Descriptive Statistics.

7. Inferential Statistics.

8. Statistical Tests.

Part Three: Research Designs: True Experiments.

9. Basic Concepts in Research Designs.

10. Single Factor One-Group Designs.

11. Single Factor Two-Groups Designs.

12. Multiple Factor Designs.

13. Single-Subject Designs.

Part Four: Nonexperimental Research Designs.

14. Correlational Designs and the Pearson r.

15. Other Nonexperimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs.

Part Five: The Research Process.

16. So, You Have an Idea: Getting Started on Research.

17. Writing the Research Report.

18. Methodological issues in Researching Human Diversity.

References.

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