{"product_id":"quantitative-psychological-research-9781032103976","title":"Quantitative Psychological Research","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuantitative Psychological Research: The Complete Student''s Companion, expertly guides the reader through all the stages involved in undertaking quantitative psychological research: designing a study, choosing a sample of people, undertaking the study, analysing the data, and reporting the research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessibly written and clearly presented, the book is designed for anyone learning to conduct quantitative psychological research as well being a reference work for professional psychologists. It covers the full research process, from the original idea to reporting the completed study, emphasizing the importance of looking beyond statistical significance in evaluating data. The book provides step-by-step guidance on choosing, interpreting and reporting the appropriate analysis, featuring worked examples and extended calculations as appendices for readers who wish to delve further.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features a new chapter examining ideas on how causality might be identified when d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetailed contents of chapters \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The methods used in psychological research \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChoice of topic, measures and research design \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The preliminary stages of research \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Variables and the validity of research designs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Research designs and their internal validity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMethods \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Asking questions I: Interviews and surveys \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Asking questions II: Measuring attitudes and meaning \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Observation and content analysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eData and analysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Scales of measurement \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Summarising and describing data \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Going beyond description \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Samples and populations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Analysis of differences between a single sample and a population \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Effect size and power \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Parametric and non-parametric tests \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Analysis of differences between two levels of an independent variable \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Preliminary analysis of designs with one independent variable with \u003cbr\u003emore than two levels \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Analysis of designs with more than one independent variable \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 Subsequent analysis after ANOVA or χ\u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 Analysis of relationships I: Correlation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 Analysis of relationships II: Regression \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 Analysis of relationships III: Logistic regression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 Screening data \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25 Multivariate analysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26 Meta-analysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27 \u003cb\u003eBayesian statistics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28 Cause and effect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharing the results \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29 Reporting research \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI. Descriptive statistics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 9)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Sampling and confidence intervals for proportions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 11)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Comparing a sample with a population \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 12 and Chapter 11)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. The power of a one-group \u003ci\u003ez\u003c\/i\u003e-test and finding sample sizes via confidence intervals \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 13)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. Data transformation and goodness-of-fit tests \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 14)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI. Seeking differences between two levels of an independent variable \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 15)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVII. Seeking differences between more than two levels of an independent variable \u003cb\u003e(linked to Chapter 16)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIII. Analysis of designs with more than one independent variable \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 17)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIX. Subsequent analysis after ANOVA or χ\u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 18)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eX. Correlation and reliability \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 19)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXI. Linear Regression \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 20)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXII. Logistic regression \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 21)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIII. ANCOVA \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 22)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIV. Evaluation of measures: Item and discriminative analysis, and accuracy of tests \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 6)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXV. Unbalanced designs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 23)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVI Exploratory Factor Analysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 24)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVII. Meta-analysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 26)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVIII. Bayesian statistics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(linked to Chapter 27)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIX. Probability tables \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXX. Power tables \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXI. Miscellaneous tables \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of symbols \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubject index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018837524823,"sku":"9781032103976","price":49.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032103976.jpg?v=1750778338","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/quantitative-psychological-research-9781032103976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}