Research Methods in Psychology

Using contemporary examples from primary sources, RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY, Ninth Edition, encourages students to become engaged in the basics of scientific investigation through an example-based approach. This text displays the authors' commitment to ensuring that the student has a thorough understanding of the research process from the very beginning. Highly readable, it avoids the heavy statistical tone that some introductory students find difficult to understand. Rather, it is conceptually driven to offer students a big picture view of the experimental approach to research. Empirical examples and applications are consistently used throughout to foster critical-thinking skills. In many chapters, a unifying empirical example at the beginning of the chapter is cited throughout the chapter to help clarify terms or design problems. By presenting concepts with concrete examples, the text aids students in applying related ideas to their areas of research interest.

Covers measurement in psychological research/ experimental design/quasi-experiments/interpreting research.

This undergraduate textbook walks through the process of conducting sound research and critically evaluating the research of others, and introduces descriptive methods of gathering psychological data, relational procedures, and the characteristics of a good experiment. The eighth edition emphasizes the role of technology, incorporates recent research projects, and adds web site addresses. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Emphasizing the basic concepts, practices, and the role of experimentation in psychology, this textbook discusses the nature of explanation, validity and reliability, observation, relational research, experimental design, small- experimentation, quasi-experimentation, ethics, literature reviews, interpretation, and presentions of results. Statistical appendices cover descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as providing statistical tables. The authors teach psychology at American universities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David Elmes is Professor of Psychology at Washington and Lee University. He earned his B.A. with high honors from the University of Virginia and completed the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees there. He is a past president of the Council on Undergraduate research and is a fellow of the American Psychological Society. Professor Elmes has edited READINGS IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY and DIRECTORY OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY AT PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS. He is co-author of EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, Eighth Edition (Wadsworth 2005).

Barry H. Kantowitz is Professor of Psychology, Professor of Industrial and Operational Engineering and Director of the Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan. He has written and edited more than a dozen books. His research on human attention, mental workload, reaction time, human-machine interaction and human factors have all been supported by the Office of Education, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. He is co-author of EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, Eighth Edition (Wadsworth 2005).

Henry L. Roediger, III, is the James S. McDonnell University Professor of Psychology and Dean of Academic Planning in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, where he has taught since 1996. He received a B.A. in psychology from Washington and Lee University and a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Yale University. He has taught at Rice University, Purdue University, and spent three years as a visiting professor at the University of Toronto. His research interests lie in cognitive psychology, particularly in human learning and memory. Dr.Roediger has published more than 170 chapters, articles, and reviews as well as other textbooks and edited volumes. He is co-author of EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, Eighth Edition (Wadsworth 2005).