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Research Methods in Psychology

2nd Canadian Edition

Paul C. Price, Rajiv S. Jhangiani, and I-Chant A. Chiang

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Contents

  1. Front Matter

    1. Dedication
    2. About This Book
    3. Acknowledgements
    4. Preface

  2. Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology

    1. Understanding Science
    2. Scientific Research in Psychology
    3. Science and Common Sense
    4. Science and Clinical Practice

  3. Chapter 2: Getting Started in Research

    1. Basic Concepts
    2. Generating Good Research Questions
    3. Reviewing the Research Literature

  4. Chapter 3: Research Ethics

    1. Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
    2. From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
    3. Putting Ethics Into Practice

  5. Chapter 4: Theory in Psychology

    1. Phenomena and Theories
    2. The Variety of Theories in Psychology
    3. Using Theories in Psychological Research

  6. Chapter 5: Psychological Measurement

    1. Understanding Psychological Measurement
    2. Reliability and Validity of Measurement
    3. Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement

  7. Chapter 6: Experimental Research

    1. Experiment Basics
    2. Experimental Design
    3. Conducting Experiments

  8. Chapter 7: Nonexperimental Research

    1. Overview of Nonexperimental Research
    2. Correlational Research
    3. Quasi-Experimental Research
    4. Qualitative Research

  9. Chapter 8: Complex Research Designs

    1. Multiple Dependent Variables
    2. Multiple Independent Variables
    3. Complex Correlational Designs

  10. Chapter 9: Survey Research

    1. Overview of Survey Research
    2. Constructing Survey Questionnaires
    3. Conducting Surveys

  11. Chapter 10: Single-Subject Research

    1. Overview of Single-Subject Research
    2. Single-Subject Research Designs
    3. The Single-Subject Versus Group “Debate”

  12. Chapter 11: Presenting Your Research

    1. American Psychological Association (APA) Style
    2. Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
    3. Other Presentation Formats

  13. Chapter 12: Descriptive Statistics

    1. Describing Single Variables
    2. Describing Statistical Relationships
    3. Expressing Your Results
    4. Conducting Your Analyses

  14. Chapter 13: Inferential Statistics

    1. Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing
    2. Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests
    3. Additional Considerations
    4. From the “Replicability Crisis” to Open Science Practices

  15. Glossary

  16. Back Matter

Book Information

Book Description

This textbook is an adaptation of one written by Paul C. Price (California State University, Fresno) and adapted by The Saylor Foundation under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. The original text is available here: http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/

The first Canadian edition (published in 2013) was authored by Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and was licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Revisions included the addition of a table of contents, changes to Chapter 3 (Research Ethics) to include a contemporary example of an ethical breach and to reflect Canadian ethical guidelines and privacy laws, additional information regarding online data collection in Chapter 9 (Survey Research), corrections of errors in the text and formulae, spelling changes from US to Canadian conventions, the addition of a cover page, and other necessary formatting adjustments.

The present adaptation constitutes the second Canadian edition and was co-authored by Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and I-Chant A. Chiang (Quest University Canada) and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Revisions include the following:

  • Chapter 1: Added a description of the “Many Labs Replication Project,” added a reference to the Neurobonkers website, and embedded videos about open access publishing, driver distraction, two types of empirical studies, and the use of evidence to evaluate the world around us.
  • Chapter 2: Updated the exemplar study in the chapter overview, added relevant examples and descriptions of contemporary studies, provided a link to an interactive visualization for correlations, added a description of double-blind peer review, added a figure to illustrate a spurious correlation, and embedded videos about how to develop a good research topic, searching the PsycINFO database, using Google Scholar, and how to read an academic paper.
  • Chapter 3: Added in LaCour ethical violation. Revised chapter headings and order to reflect TCPS-2 moral principles.
  • Chapter 4: Added in difference between laws and effects and theoretical framework.
  • Chapter 5: Added fuller descriptions of the levels of measurement, added a table to summarize the levels of measurement, added a fuller description of the MMPI, removed the discussion of the IAT, and added descriptions of concurrent, predictive, and convergent validity.
  • Chapter 6: Added in construct validity, statistical validity, mundane realism, psychological realism, Latin Square Design. Updated references.
  • Chapter 7: Added in mixed-design studies and fuller discussion of qualitative-quantitative debate.
  • Chapter 8: Added an exercise to sketch the 8 possible results of a 2 x 2 factorial experiment.
  • Chapter 9: Added information about Canadian Election Studies, more references, specific guidelines about order and open-ended questions, and rating scale. Updated online survey creation sites.
  • Chapter 10: No significant changes were made.
  • Chapter 11: Updated examples and links to online resources.
  • Chapter 12: No significant changes were made.
  • Chapter 13: Added discussion of p-curve and BASP announcement about banning p-values. Added a section that introduces the “replicability crisis” in psychology, along with discussions of questionable research practices, best practices in research design and data management, and the emergence of open science practices and Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines.
  • Glossary of key terms: Added.

In addition, throughout the textbook, we revised the language to be more precise and to improve flow, added links to other chapters, added images, updated hyperlinks, corrected spelling and formatting errors, and changed references to reflect the contemporary Canadian context.

Cover photo: “magic eye // I have been tagged” by Fabian is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Year of Publication: 2015

Authors

Paul C. Price, Rajiv S. Jhangiani, and I-Chant A. Chiang

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Research Methods in Psychology by Paul C. Price, Rajiv Jhangiani, & I-Chant A. Chiang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Title
Research Methods in Psychology
Authors
Paul C. Price, Rajiv S. Jhangiani, and I-Chant A. Chiang
License

Creative Commons License
Research Methods in Psychology by Paul C. Price, Rajiv Jhangiani, & I-Chant A. Chiang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

This textbook is an adaptation of one written by Paul C. Price (California State University, Fresno) and adapted by The Saylor Foundation under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License without attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. The original text is available here: http://www.saylor.org/site/textbooks/

This adaptation constitutes the second Canadian edition and was co-authored by Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and I-Chant A. Chiang (Quest University Canada) and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Publication Date
October 13, 2015
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