Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology

By Hugh Coolican

Book Overview

The seventh edition of Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology provides students with the most readable and comprehensive survey of research methods, statistical concepts and procedures in psychology today. Assuming no prior knowledge, this bestselling text takes you through every stage of your research project giving advice on planning and conducting studies, analysing data and writing up reports.

The book provides clear coverage of experimental, interviewing and observational methods, psychological testing, qualitative methods and analysis and statistical procedures which include nominal level tests, multi-factorial ANOVA designs, multiple regression, log linear analysis, and factor analysis. It features detailed and illustrated SPSS instructions for all these and other procedures, eliminating the need for an extra SPSS textbook.

New features to this edition include:

Additional coverage of factor analysis and online and modern research methods

Expanded coverage of report writing guidelines

References updated throughout

Presentation updated throughout, to include more figures, tables and full colour to help break up the text

Companion website signposted throughout the book to improve student usability

Improved and extended web links and further reading associated with every chapter.

Each chapter contains a glossary, key terms and newly integrated exercises, ensuring that key concepts are understood. A fully updated companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/coolican) provides additional exercises, testbanks for each chapter, revision flash cards, links to further reading and data for use with SPSS.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138708968
• ISBN13: 9781138708969
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 826 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Operacionalization of Variables is a must for researchers

This is an excellent clear and easy description on how to do research, both social and health sciences research. Once you are able to link the theory to the practice (operacionalization) you have construed knowledge and are better able to transmit it to the readers of the research report. The logic and coherence make this book easy to follow and understand for university level students. Basic in teaching research, directed to psychologists.

The best stats text book around

I have taught statistics and research methods all around the globe, I have searched high and low for a textbook that will make the world of statistics a more friendly one for my apprehensive students. Well - this is the one. It's well written - sets a high standard yet does so with ease and reader friendly arrangement of information, examples and calculation manuals. There's a newer version out which is as reccommended as this one.