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Detailed Contents
Why we conduct research
Decisions
Judging the research of others
Conclusions
The hypothesis
Sources of hypotheses
Informal sources
Formal sources
The advantage of theory specificity
Conclusions
Variables and their measurement
Types of data
-Nominal measurement
-Ordinal measurement
-Interval measurement
-Ratio measurement
Operational definitions
-Reliability
-Test-retest reliability
-Parallel forms
-Split-half reliability
-Item analysis
Validity
-Concurrent validity
-Predictive validity
-Content validity
-Construct validity
Should you devise your own measuring instruments?
Locating psychological tests
The reliability and validity of judgments
Conclusions
Choosing subjects for the research
-Nonrandom samples
-Stratified random samples
-Systematic sampling
-Availability sampling
-Generalization and replication
-Biases introduced by the choice of subjects Conclusions
Correlational research designs
-Cause-and-effect
-Calculating correlational statistics
-A case study
-Conclusions
Experimental research designs
-The independent variable
-Mixed designs
-Pilot studies
-Statistical analysis
-Conclusions
Drawing conclusions from research
-The logic of statistics
-Conclusions
Ethical guidelines for research
-Who is in charge and who approves the research?
-Informed consent
-Psychological tests
-After the experimental procedure
Writing a research report
-Introduction
-Method
-Results
-Discussion
References
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