Table of Contents

• Part 1 Basics of research
• 1 Role of research in psychology
• 2 Aims and hypotheses in research
• 3 Variables, concepts and measures
• 4 Problems of generalisation and decision-making in research: Chance findings and sample size
• 5 Research reports: The total picture
• 6 Improving your quantitative write-up
• 7 Literature search
• 8 Ethics and data management in research
• Part 2 Quantitative research methods
• 9 Basic laboratory experiments
• 10 Advanced experimental designs
• 11 Cross-sectional or correlational research: Non-manipulation studies
• 12 Longitudinal studies
• 13 Sampling and population surveys
• 14 Data analysis issues and scientific progress
• Part 3 Fundamentals of testing and measurement
• 15 Psychological tests: Their use and construction
• 16 Reliability and validity: Evaluating the value of tests and measures
• 17 Coding data
• Part 4 Qualitative research methods
• 18 Why qualitative research?
• 19 Qualitative data collection
• 20 Transcribing language data: Jefferson system
• 21 Thematic analysis
• 22 Grounded theory
• 23 Discourse analysis
• 24 Conversation analysis
• 25 Interpretative phenomenological analysis
• 26 Evaluating qualitative research
• 27 Improving your qualitative write-up
• Part 5 Research for projects, dissertations and theses
• 28 Developing ideas for research
• 29 Managing your research project
• Glossary

About the Author

Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer are with Loughborough University.