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Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology S. Alexander Haslam

Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology By S. Alexander Haslam

Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology by S. Alexander Haslam

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A comprehensive introduction to both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in Psychology, the book guides readers through every step of the research process and engages with research ethics in Psychology.

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Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology by S. Alexander Haslam

Updated with new chapters on multiple regression and high-level research methods, this 4th edition of Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology delivers all you need to develop a practical understanding of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research in psychology. In particular, this book guides you through the range of choices and considerations involved in research design, data analysis and report presentation.

Your learning is supported by a range of features, both in the book and online. These include:
  • Research Bites, to provide you with practical insights that arise from the most current research practice
  • Test yourself questions, to check your understanding
  • Exercises, to test your knowledge
  • Glossary, to help you with key terms
  • Research evaluation and improvement checklists quick summaries of best practice for you to refer to
  • Online appendices, including data sets to practice with!
  • And much more

S. Alexander Haslam is Professor of Psychology and Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland
Craig McGarty is an adjunct professor at Western Sydney University
Tegan Cruwys is Associate Professor and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Australian National University
Niklas K. Steffens is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Business and Organisational Psychology at the University of Queensland

About S. Alexander Haslam

S Alexander Haslam (Alex Haslam)is Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland. Together with colleagues, he has written and edited 15 books and over 300 research articles and chapters. His most recent books are The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power (with Steve Reicher and Michael Platow, 2nd ed. 2020) and Social Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies (edited with Joanne Smith, 2nd ed. 2017). He is former Chief Editor of the European Journal of Social Psychology and former President of the Psychology Section of the British Science Association. He is a recipient of the European Association of Social Psychologys Kurt Lewin Medal for research excellence, and the International Society of Political Psychologys Nevitt Sanford Award for contributions to political psychology. He has also received awards for distinguished contributions to psychological science from both the British Psychology Society and the Australian Psychology Society. In 2022 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to higher education, particularly psychology, through research and mentoring. Craig McGarty is Professor of Psychology at Western Sydney University. He received his undergraduate training in psychology at the University of Adelaide and his PhD from Macquarie University in 1991 (where he was a tutor from 1985 until 1989). He spent 1990 as a lecturer in social psychology/social interaction at the University of Western Sydney and moved in 1991 to the Australian National University as a research associate. He was Reader and Head of the School of Psychology before moving to Murdoch University in Western Australia as the Director of the Centre for Social and Community Research and then Director of the Social Research Institute. He has worked on a wide range of topics in experimental social psychology, and his current research includes a social audit of the aspirations and solutions of a remote Indigenous community and studies of the reconciliation process in post-genocide Rwanda. His books include Stereotypes as Explanations (with Vincent Yzerbyt and Russell Spears, 2002) and Categorization and Social Psychology (1999). Tegan Cruwys is an Associate Professor and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Australian National University and a former Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow. Her research investigates how social relationships shape mental and physical health work that is at the intersection of social, clinical and health psychology. She is passionate about the capacity our psychological theorising and methods to help us tackle big problems like discrimination, loneliness, and health inequality. She has authored over 140 papers on these topics, as well as The New Psychology of Health: Unlocking the Social Cure (with Catherine Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, Genevieve Dingle, and Alex Haslam, 2018) winner of the British Psychology Societys Textbook of the Year award in 2020. Niklas K. (Nik) Steffens is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Business and Organisational Psychology in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland. His research focuses on leadership and followership, group processes and teamwork, and health and well-being in applied contexts research he has conducted in collaboration with over 100 researchers across the globe. He collaborates with and consults to organisations, community groups, and industry to use theory and evidence to solve applied problems and improve group and organisational functioning.He recently co-edited Organizational Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies (with Michelle Ryan and Floor Rink, 2022). In 2018 he was awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) by the Australian Research Council. For his work on leadership development around the 5R program (particularly with Alex Haslam, Kim Peters, and Blake McMillan), he received the Australian Psychology Societys Workplace Excellence Award for Leadership Development in 2017 and was finalist of the 2023 Academy of Managements MED evidence-based leadership development program award.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Research in Psychology: Objectives and Ideals Chapter 3: Research Methods Chapter 4: Experimental Design Chapter 5: Survey Design Chapter 6: Descriptive Statistics Chapter 7: Some Principles of Statistical Inference Chapter 8: Examining Differences between Means: The t-test Chapter 9: Examining Relationships between Two Variables: Correlation Chapter 10: Comparing Two or More Means by Analysing Variances: ANOVA Chapter 11: Examining Relationships between Multiple Independent Variables and One Dependent Variable: Multiple Regression Chapter 12: Analysing Other Forms of Data: Chi-square and Distribution-free Tests Chapter 13: An Overview of High-Level Quantitative Methods Chapter 14: Classical Qualitative Methods Chapter 15: Contextual Qualitative Methods Chapter 16: Research Ethics Chapter 17: Conclusion: Managing Uncertainty in Psychological Research

Additional information

NGR9781529793666
9781529793666
1529793661
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology by S. Alexander Haslam
S. Alexander Haslam
New
Paperback
Sage Publications Ltd
2024-04-26
600
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