Research methods in psychology / edited by Glynis M.Breakwell,Sean Hammond, Chris Fife-Schaw and Jonathan A.Smith.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Theory, method and research design / Glynis M. Breakwell and David Rose --
Practical and ethical issues in planning research / Martyn Barrett --
Levels of measurement / Chris Fife-Schaw --
The experimental method in psychology / Alyson Davis and Gavin Bremner --
Quasi-experimental designs / Chris Fife-Schaw --
Surveys and sampling / Patrick Sturgis --
Observational methods / Rudi Dallos --
Psychophysiological methods / Paul Swoden and Paul Barret --
Psychophysical methods / David Rose --
Using psychometric tests / Sean Hammond --
Questionnaire design / Chris Fife-Schaw --
Interviewing methods / Glynis M. Breakwell --
Using self-recording : diary and narrative methods / Glynis M. Breakwell --
Focus groups / Lynne J. Millward --
Ethnographic and action research / David Uzzell and Julie Barnett --
Interpretative phenomenological analysis / Jonathan A. Smith and Virginia Eatough --
Grounded theory / Karen Henwood and Nick Pidgeon --
Discourse analysis / Adrian Coyle --
Principles of statistical inference tests / Chris Fife-Schaw --
Introduction to multivariate data analysis / Sean Hammond --
Introduction to structural equation modelling / Chris Fife-Schaw --
Meta-analysis / David O'Sullivan.

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