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Research Methods
Designing and Conducting Research With a Real-World Focus

Taking research methods beyond the classroom and into the field

October 2013 | 296 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Research Methods: Designing and Conducting Research with a Real-World Focus provides the tools required to conduct relevant, high-quality research in both the classroom and the field. Carrie A. Picardi and Kevin D. Masick—psychologists with expertise in both teaching research methods and applying methods to diverse field settings—offer a unique perspective by integrating current research articles with field-specific scenarios. They draw from research methodology tactics, strategy, and constraints from practitioners across the social sciences and in business. This text effectively bridges the gap between theory and practice by demonstrating how research is done within an organizational setting, and supplies students with relevant, applicable examples to learn from.

 
Part I: Foundation of Research Methods
 
Chapter 1: Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
 
Chapter 2: Variables, Measures, and Hypotheses
 
Chapter 3: Ethical and Legal Considerations in the Research Process
 
Chapter 4: Reliability
 
Chapter 5: Statistical Conclusion and Internal Validity
 
Chapter 6: Construct and External Validity
 
Part II: Research Designs
 
Chapter 7: Experimental Designs
 
Chapter 8: Quasi-experimental Designs
 
Chapter 9: Non-experimental Designs
 
Chapter 10: Survey Designs
 
Part III: Research Interpretation & Application
 
Chapter 11: Integration of Statistical Terminology with Validity and Statistical Decision Making
 
Chapter 12: Generalization of Results to Field Settings
 
Chapter 13: Bridging the Science-Practice Gap in Future Research
 
Chapter 14: Writing a Research Report

I never received this book

Dr Arash Sadeghi
Department of International Relations, Aston University
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Great text and perfect for what I need.

Dr Michael Lohle
School Of Business, University Of Bridgeport
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Is a complex text - just too advanced for the students

Dr Phillip Seaman
Business School, BPP University College
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Good course content

Dr Scott Foster
Department of HRM, Liverpool John Moores University
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Too general for school counselors. Need a book that specifically addresses psychological or educational research.

Mr Raymond Jamiolkowski
Psychology, Lewis University
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This book is very comprehensive and covers wide aspects of research methodology and is in accordance with the current market scenario as well. The good thing about this book is that it covers the psychological aspects to be considered during the research methods.

Mr Saad Abbasi
north hall, University Of Bridgeport
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good book with real world focus that makes it very relevant to students

Ms Silvia Van Riper
Sch Family Consumer Resources, University Of Arizona
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I never received this book

Dr Arash Sadeghi
Department of International Relations, Aston University
November 3, 2019
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A comprehensive resource for the beginner researcher highlighting the basics of research.

Dr Ensa Johnson
Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, University of Pretoria
October 8, 2015
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A good structured book that allows students to work through their project ideas and designs. Glossary and content boxes a good additional to class and structured activities.

Mr Jason Wragg
Public Services, Weston College
February 11, 2016
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Key features
KEY FEATURES:
  • Provides tools and tips from current practitioners across the social sciences and in business—including I/O and business professionals in corporate, education, non-profit and public sector settings—to give students a taste of real-world experience thoughout the book.
  • Utilizes current research articles in business and psychology journals to supplement discussion of complex concepts and reinforce the text’s applied focus.
  • Critically evaluates current research and practitioner examples to help students integrate research methodology concepts from theory to practice.
  • Details concepts and offers applied examples of validity, threats to validity, and reliability using practitioner scenarios and current literature.
  • Incorporates statistical terms, such as descriptive and inferential statistics, measures of variability, scales of measurement, non-parametric and parametric statistics and their relationship to research methodology.
  • Contains a guide to reading, interpreting, and critiquing research articles, including an explanation of research article structure, format, and focus of each section.
  • Includes a section on writing research using APA format.

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