Reviewed by Rajiv Jhangiani, Instructor, Capilano University The text is well organized and written, integrates excellent pedagogical features, and covers all of the traditional areas of the topic admirably.
read more Comprehensiveness rating: 5 read less The text is well organized and written, integrates excellent pedagogical features, and covers all of the traditional areas of the topic admirably. The final two chapters provide a good bridge between the research methods course and the follow-up course on behavioural statistics. The text integrates real psychological measures, harnesses students’ existing knowledge from introductory psychology, includes well-chosen examples from real life and research, and even includes a very practical chapter on the use of APA style for writing and referencing. On the other hand, it does not include a table of contents or an index, both of which are highly desirable. The one chapter that requires significant revision is Chapter 3 ( Research Ethics which is based on the US codes of ethics (e.g., Federal policy we meet Monday you will find more detail, discussion and links in the self-guided modules, given in the column to your left. I also suggest a textbook reading each week. The sidebar of each web page provides bonus readings / media. Click around if you want to pursue a topic.
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Glynis M. Breakwell, Daniel B. Wright and Jonathan A. Smith Research Questions and Planning Research PART TWO: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Chris Fife Schaw Introduction to Quantitative Research Graham Hole Experimental Method Chris Fife- Schaw Quasi- Experimental Design Patrick Sturgis Surveys and Sampling Chris Fife- Schaw Questionnaire Design John Rust Psychometrics Marianna E. Carlucci and Daniel B. Wright Descriptive Statistics Graphical and Numerical Methods Marianna E. Carlucci and Daniel B. Wright Inferential Statistics Katherine Mc Guire and Kamala London Factorial ANOVA Jeremy Miles Correlation and Regression Daniel B. Wright and Daniella K. Villalba Exploratory Factor Analysis PART THREE: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Virginia Eatough Introduction to Qualitative Methods Rudi Dallos Observational Methods Glynis M. Breakwell Interviewing Glynis M. Breakwell Diary and Narrative Methods Lynne Millward Focus Groups Jonathan A. Smith and Virginia Eatough Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Karen Henwood and Nick Pidgeon Grounded Theory Adrian Coyle Discourse Analysis Glynis M. Breakwell Content Analysis PART FOUR: WRITING UP YOUR RESEARCH Daniel B. Wright, Jonathan A. Smith and Glynis M. Breakwell What if Victor Had Used the APA Manual to Write up His Research?.
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