TY - BOOK AU - McBride, Dawn M. AU - ED - ED - ED - ED - SN - 9781412960786 (paperback) SN - 2 PY - 2010///;copyright 201046 CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Research;Methodology.;Experimental KW - Psychology;Psychology KW - sears;sears0 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Psychological research : the whys and hows of the scientific method -- Hypothesis development : where research questions come from -- How psychologists use the scientific method : observation techniques and research designs -- Types of variables -- Ethical guidelines for psychological research -- Sampling -- Summarizing and interpreting data : using statistics -- Reporting research -- The nuts and bolts of survey research -- The nuts and bolts of correlational studies -- The nuts and bolts of experiments -- The nuts and bolts of quasi-experiments -- The nuts and bolts of other specialized designs -- The nuts and bolts of using statistics; 5 ER -