McBurney, Donald H.

Research methods. / Donald H. McBurney and Theresa L. White. - 6th ed. - Belmont : Wadsworth/ Thomson Learning, 2004. - xv, 438 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index

Contents: Psychology and science -- Developing a research question -- Ethics in research -- Writing in psychology -- Variables -- Tabular and graphical description of data -- Validity -- Control -- Nonexperimental research, part 1: observational, archival, and case-study research -- Nonexperimental research, part 2: survey research -- True experiments, part 1: single-factor designs -- True experiments, part 2: factorial designs -- Single-participant experiments -- Quasi experiments -- Biases and limitations of experimental psychology.

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Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology.

BF181.M22