02055nam a2200325Ia 4500999001700000001000700017003000400024005001700028008004100045015001900086016001800105020001500123020002900138035002000167040007000187050002300257082001600280084001500296092002000311100002000331245006800351250001200419260004200431300003300473504005100506505109500557650003901652650002401691942001401715 c15515d15515017588OSt20260113144551.0041110s2004 enka b 001 0 eng  aGBA4Z00252bnb7 a0109737532Uk a0340812583 a9780340983447cAvailable a(OCoLC)55494651 aCuckcCuckdCuckdCLUdIQUdBAKERdNLGGCdBTCTAdLVBdYDXCPbEng.00aBF76.5b.C664 200900a150/.72222 a77.042bcl a150.72 COOLICAN1 aCoolican, Hugh.10aResearch Methods and Statistics in Psychology /cHugh Coolican. a5th ed. aLondon :bHodder & Stoughton,cc2009. aix, 703 p. :bill. ;c25 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aPsychology and research -- Measuring people: variables, samples and the qualitative critique -- Use of experimental designs in psychology -- Validity in experiments, quasi-experiments and non-experimental methods -- Observational methods: watching and being with people -- Interview methods: asking people direct questions -- Questionnaires: using psychological scales and tests in research -- Comparison studies: looking across, looking ahead and looking abroad -- Qualitative approaches: problems with positivism -- Statistics: organizing the data -- Significance: was it a real effect? -- Testing differences between two samples -- Tests for categorical variables and frequency tables -- Correlation: the association of measured variables -- Multi-level analysis: differences between more than two conditions -- Multi-factorial analysis -- Repeated measures ANOVA designs -- So what test should I use? Choosing the appropriate inferential test for your data -- Analysing qualitative data -- Ethical issues in psychological research -- Planning your practical and writing up your report.  0aPsychologyxResearchxMethodology. 0aPsychometrics.9513 2lcccBOOK