Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a comprehensive student guide to six different ways of doing research commonly encountered by undergraduate psychology students. The six approaches examined are: (i) simple experimental studies; (ii) complex experiments; (iii) correlation studies; (iv) questionnaire methods; (v) observational research; (vi) interview studies. The book describes all of the skills a student needs to complete a research project using each methodology, including basic research and statistical concepts, explanations of how the research might be conducted, step-by-step guides for analyzing and interpreting data, along with guidelines for writing-up reports. Each methodology is explained using a detailed example of a potential research project that undergraduate students themselves could complete, together with real data analyzed using the statistical package, SPSS and examples of student work. By the end of the book, students will be able to devise, conduct, analyze and write-up research reports for each of the main approaches to research used within psychology.
