The Process of Research in Psychology

by Dawn M. McBride

Overview

With a structure focused on process over memorization, best-selling author Dawn M. McBride′s The Process of Research in Psychology, Fifth Edition covers topics with a step-by-step approach to help students understand the full progression of developing, conducting, and presenting a research study from start to finish. Early chapters introduce important concepts for developing research ideas, subject sampling, ethics, and data collection; more detailed coverage of these topics is included in the "More About" chapters to provide instructors with flexibility to focus on the methods students will use in their projects. Concepts and skills relevant to more than one stage of the research process are covered in multiple contexts to give students repeated opportunities to learn about the most important, and often most difficult, research concepts at the moment they’re used. This new Fifth Edition features added discussion on validity and reliability; a reorganized chapter on survey research to group topics more clearly and to provide more information on qualitative analysis; more questions in the "Test Yourself" quizzes at the end of each chapter to focus more on application; and additional references to the increasingly popular statistical software programs JASP and R.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781071847466
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/02/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	528
Sales rank:	914,335
File size:	34 MB
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About the Author

Dawn M. McBride is professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she has taught research methods since 1998. Her research interests include automatic forms of memory, false memory, prospective memory, task order choices, and forgetting. In addition to research methods, she teaches courses in introductory psychology, cognition and learning, and human memory; she also teaches a graduate course in experimental design. She is a recipient of the Illinois State University Teaching Initiative Award and the Illinois State University SPA/Psi Chi Jim Johnson Award for commitment to undergraduate mentorship, involvement, and achievement. Her nonacademic interests include spending time with her family, traveling, watching Philadelphia sports teams (it was a good year for Philly sports this year!), and reading British murder mysteries. She earned her PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and her BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Part I: Overview of the Research Process from Start to Finish
Chapter 1 Behavioral Research: The Whys and Hows of the Scientific Method
Chapter 2 Hypothesis Development: Where Research Questions Come From
Chapter 3 Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research
Chapter 4 How Psychologists Use the Scientific Method: Data Collection Techniques and Research Designs
Chapter 5 Variables and Measurement in Research
Chapter 6 Sampling
Chapter 7 Summarizing and Interpreting Data: Using Statistics
Chapter 8 Reporting Research
Part II: More About Research Methods and Analysis
Chapter 9 More About Using Statistics
Chapter 10 More About Survey Research
Chapter 11 More About Correlational Studies
Chapter 12 More About One-Factor Experiments
Chapter 13 More About Multi-Factor Experiments
Chapter 14 More About Quasi-Experiments
Chapter 15 More About Other Specialized Designs
Appendix: Statistical Calculations

Editorial Reviews

This is a student-friendly text that motivates students to engage in the research process. Each chapter covers the topics necessary to allow the professor to enhance learning through classroom discussion and the applied use of the material learned. The book guides students in their quest of hypothesis testing and statistical analysis.”

Lina Racicot

I really like this text. It fits well with the introductory course that I teach, it is at an appropriate reading level for my students, and it covers the key topics regarding the process of completing research projects. My students continually review it very highly, and it has great resources that help to keep things fresh each time I use it.”

Valerie P. Wilwert

This book provides an excellent overview of the research process for students moving from developing a research question to producing a final result as a paper or poster.”

Douglas P. Cooper

I really enjoy this book. It is suitable in teaching a wide range of students.”

Teah Moore

…concise and actually beneficial to the student.”

Trina Geye

"This is an inexpensive, basic, and easily accessible book of research methods for undergraduates."

Adam P. Natoli

This is a great option because it allows the students to work on active learning activities to reinforce what is in the textbook.”

Julie Wilson

This book provides an excellent overview of the research process for students moving from developing a research question to producing a final result as a paper or poster.”

Dr. Douglas P. Cooper

This is an inexpensive, basic, and easily accessible book of research methods for undergraduates.”

Adam de

I really enjoy this book. It is suitable in teaching a wide range of students.”

Dr. Teah Moore

This is a great option because it allows the students to work on active learning activities to reinforce what is in the textbook.”

Dr. Julie Wilson