Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-xiv

Preface

pp xv-xvi

Part I - Understanding Research

1 - Psychology, Science, and Life

pp 1-22

Part II - The First Steps in Conducting Research

2 - Ethics in Research

pp 23-50

3 - Planning Research: Generating a Question

pp 51-80

4 - Practical Issues in Planning Your Research

pp 81-104

5 - Organizing Data with Descriptive Statistics

pp 105-128

Part III - Creating Experiments

6 - Conducting an Experiment: General Principles

pp 129-148

7 - Basic Inferential Statistics

pp 149-176

8 - Looking for Differences Between Two Treatments

pp 177-202

9 - Looking for Differences Among Multiple Treatments

pp 203-234

10 - Multiple Independent Variables: Factorial Designs

pp 235-256

Part IV - Correlational and Nonexperimental Research

11 - Principles of Survey Research

pp 257-280

12 - Correlation, Regression, and Non-Parametric Tests

pp 281-310

13 - Research in Depth: Longitudinal and Single-Case Studies

pp 311-332

Part V - Culture and Research

14 - People Are Different: Considering Cultural and Individual Differences in Research

pp 333-358

Appendix A - Writing a Research Report

pp 359-386

Appendix B - Developing an Oral Presentation

pp 387-388

Appendix C - Creating a Poster

pp 389-392

Appendix D - Answers to Chapter Review Questions

pp 393-408

Appendix E - Statistical Tables

pp 409-420

References

pp 421-440

Index

pp 441-445