Research Methods in Psychology

Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer are with Loughborough University.

• 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