Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology

Part 1 The basics of research

1 The role of research in psychology

2 Aims and hypotheses in research

3 Variables, concepts and measures

4 The problems of generalisationn and decision-making in research: Chance findings and sample size

5 Research reports: The total picture

6 Examples of how to write research reports

7 The literature search

8 Ethics and data management in research

Part 2 Quantitative research methods

9 The basic laboratory experiment

10 Advanced experimental design

11 Cross-sectional or correlational research: Non-manipulation studies

12 Longitudinal studies

13 Sampling and population surveys

Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement

14 Psychological tests: Their use and construction

15 Reliability and validity: Evaluating the value of tests and measures

16 Coding data

Part 4 Qualitative research methods

17 Why qualitative research?

18 Qualitative data collection

19 Transcribing language data: The Jefferson system

20 Thematic analysis

21 Grounded theory

22 Discourse analysis

23 Conversation analysis

24 Interpretative phenomenological analysis

25 Evaluating and writing up qualitative research

Part 5 Research for projects, dissertations and theses

26 Developing ideas for research

Glossary

References

Index