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Research Methods and Applied Statistics A Practical Guide to Conducting Research
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Published 2025
Description
Students have an almost insurmountable task in understanding statistics in the psychological sciences and applying them to a research study. This textbook tackles this source of stress by guiding students through the research process, start to finish, from writing a proposal and performing the study, to analysing the results and creating a report and presentation. This truly practical textbook explains psychology research methods in a conversational style, with additional material of interest placed in focus boxes alongside, so that students…
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Key features
- Methods are detailed with visual, step-by-step processes paralleled in both SPSS and R
- Real-world applications of statistics to research problems help students understand the impact statistical results can have on forming conclusions
- Chapters are written in a conversational style, with focus boxes on topics and people of interest, so students can better engage with material that can sometimes be difficult to follow.
- Real-life datasets are available to complete chapter and laboratory exercises
- Test banks and lecture slides are available to instructors
- The text is designed for class instruction, but it will also serve students as a reference when executing research studies in future coursework
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About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009361422
- Subjects Psychology,Psychology Research Methods and Statistics
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 02 October 2025
- ISBN: 9781009361477
- Dimensions (mm): 254 x 178 mm
- Weight: 1.24kg
- Page extent: 552 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 02 October 2025
- ISBN: 9781009361439
- Dimensions (mm): 254 x 178 mm
- Weight: 1.284kg
- Page extent: 552 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 17 December 2025
- ISBN: 9781009361422
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