S. Alexander Haslam & Craig McGarty 
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology [EPUB ebook] 

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 Mc Garty 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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über den Autor

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 Mc Millan), he received the Australian Psychology Society’s Workplace Excellence Award for Leadership Development in 2017 and was finalist of the 2023 Academy of Management’s MED evidence-based leadership development program award.