The Process of Research in Psychology

Dawn M. McBride is professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she has taught research methods since 1998. Her research interests include automatic forms of memory, false memory, prospective memory, task order choices, and forgetting. In addition to research methods, she teaches courses in introductory psychology, cognition and learning, and human memory; she also teaches a graduate course in experimental design. She is a recipient of the Illinois State University Teaching Initiative Award and the Illinois State University SPA/Psi Chi Jim Johnson Award for commitment to undergraduate mentorship, involvement, and achievement. Her nonacademic interests include spending time with her family, traveling, watching Philadelphia sports teams (it was a good year for Philly sports this year!), and reading British murder mysteries. She earned her PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and her BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Part I: Overview of the Research Process from Start to Finish
Chapter 1 Behavioral Research: The Whys and Hows of the Scientific Method
Chapter 2 Hypothesis Development: Where Research Questions Come From
Chapter 3 Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research
Chapter 4 How Psychologists Use the Scientific Method: Data Collection Techniques and Research Designs
Chapter 5 Variables and Measurement in Research
Chapter 6 Sampling
Chapter 7 Summarizing and Interpreting Data: Using Statistics
Chapter 8 Reporting Research
Part II: More About Research Methods and Analysis
Chapter 9 More About Using Statistics
Chapter 10 More About Survey Research
Chapter 11 More About Correlational Studies
Chapter 12 More About One-Factor Experiments
Chapter 13 More About Multi-Factor Experiments
Chapter 14 More About Quasi-Experiments
Chapter 15 More About Other Specialized Designs
Appendix: Statistical Calculations