Methods in Psychological Research 4th Edition By Bryan Rooney, Annabel Ness Evans

• Brief Contents •

Chapter 1 • Introduction to Research in Psychology 1

Chapter 2 • Understanding the Research Literature 29

Chapter 3 • Research in Psychology: An Ethical Enterprise 57

Chapter 4 • Hypothesis Testing, Power, and Control:

A Review of the Basics 85

Chapter 5 • Measuring Variables 109

Chapter 6 • Selecting Research Participants 131

Chapter 7 • Experimental Design: Independent-Groups Designs 147

Chapter 8 • Experimental Design: Dependent-Groups and

Mixed Designs 178

Chapter 9 • Experimental Design: Single-Participant

Designs/The Operant Approach 195

Chapter 10 • Nonexperimental Research: Finding

Relationships Among Variables 217

Chapter 11 • Data Collection Methods 248

Chapter 12 • Program Evaluation, Archival Research,

and Meta-Analytic Designs 289

Chapter 13 • Analyzing, Interpreting, and Summarizing

Research Data 306

Chapter 14 • Communicating in Psychology 363

Glossary 402

References 409

Index 413