Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-547) and indexes.
Scientific Thinking in Psychology -- Ethics in Psychological Research -- Developing Ideas for Research in Psychology -- Measurement and Data Analysis -- Introduction to Experimental Research -- Control Problems in Experimental Research -- Experimental Design I: Single-Factor Designs -- Experimental Design II: Factorial Designs -- Correlational Research -- Quasi-Experimental Designs and Applied Research -- Small N Designs -- Observational and Survey Research Methods -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Communicating the Results of Research in Psychology -- Appendix B. The Ethics Code of the American Psychological Association -- Appendix C. Using Statistics -- Appendix D. Statistical Tables -- Appendix E. Answers to End-of-Chapter Applications Exercises -- Glossary -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index