TY - BOOK AU - Clark-Carter,David TI - Quantitative psychological research: the complete student's companion SN - 9780203870709 (electronic bk.) PY - 2009/// CY - Hove, East Sussex, New York, NY PB - Psychology Press KW - Psychology KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Textbooks N1 - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references (p. 671-676) and index; The methods used in psychological research -- The preliminary stages of research -- Variables and the validity of research designs -- Research designs and their internal validity -- Asking questions I: interviews and surveys -- Asking questions II: measuring attitudes and meaning -- Observation and content analysis -- Scales of measurement -- Summarising and describing data -- Going beyond description -- Samples and populations -- Analysis of differences between a single sample and a population -- Effect size and power -- Parametric and non-parametric tests -- Analysis of differences between two levels of an independent variable -- Preliminary analysis of designs with one IV with more than two levels -- Analysis of designs with more than one independent variable -- Subsequent analysis after ANOVA or c�2 -- Analysis of relationships I: correlation -- Analysis of relationships II: regression -- ANCOVA -- Screening data -- Multivariate analysis -- Meta-analysis -- Reporting research UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=289857 ER -