Research Methods in Psychology

Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer are with Loughborough University.

Part 1 Basics of research
1 Role of research in psychology
2 Aims and hypotheses in research
3 Variables, concepts and measures
4 Problems of generalisation and decision-making in research: Chance findings and sample size
5 Research reports: The total picture
6 Improving your quantitative write-up
7 Literature search
8 Ethics and data management in research
Part 2 Quantitative research methods
9 Basic laboratory experiments
10 Advanced experimental designs
11 Cross-sectional or correlational research: Non-manipulation studies
12 Longitudinal studies
13 Sampling and population surveys
14 Data analysis issues and scientific progress
Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement
15 Psychological tests: Their use and construction
16 Reliability and validity: Evaluating the value of tests and measures
17 Coding data
Part 4 Qualitative research methods
18 Why qualitative research?
19 Qualitative data collection
20 Transcribing language data: Jefferson system
21 Thematic analysis
22 Grounded theory
23 Discourse analysis
24 Conversation analysis
25 Interpretative phenomenological analysis
26 Evaluating qualitative research
27 Improving your qualitative write-up
Part 5 Research for projects, dissertations and theses
28 Developing ideas for research
29 Managing your research project
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