Understanding and applying research methods and statistics in psychology is one of the corner stones of study at undergraduate level. To enable all undergraduate psychology students to carry out their own investigations the textbook covers basic and advanced qualitative and quantitative methods and follows a sequential structure starting from first principles to more advanced techniques.
Accompanied by a companion website, the textbook:
– Grounds all techniques to psychological theory relating each topic under discussion to well established pieces of research
– Can be used by the student at beginning and more advanced undergraduate level – therefore a `one-stop′ shop
– Includes a creative and practical selection of heuristic devices that cement knowledge of the techniques and skills covered in the textbook
Innehållsförteckning
PART ONE: FIRST EXPLORATIONS
The Range of Research
Ethics in Research
Some Shocking Cases
Some Basic Concepts in Psychological Research
PART TWO: BEGINNING QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Using Numbers to Describe Behaviour
Inferential Statistics
Why and What?
Simple Experimental Designs
Being Watched
Single Factorial Designs
The Levels of Processing Experiments
Survey Research
Who is afraid of Crime?
Correlational Designs
The Poor Relation?
PART THREE: COMPLEX QUANTITATIVE DESIGNS
Factorial Designs with More than One Factor
A Closer Look at Memory
Multivariate Statistics
Complex Correlational Designs and Analysis
Stats Can Be Murder
PART FOUR: BEGINNING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Theory in Qualitative Research
Designing Qualitative Research
PART FIVE: COMPLEX QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Interviews and Focus Groups
Participant Observation
Girls, Gangs and Aggression
Thematic Analysis
Discourse Analysis
Power and Control
Evaluation Research
PART SIX: COMMUNICATION OF RESEARCH
Communicating Research
Om författaren
Helen Gavin was, before retiring in 2023, Subject Lead in Criminal Psychology at the University of Huddersfield, having previously been Head of Psychology at two universities. She taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in this area, and now carries out research that focuses on deviant and homicidal sexual expression. She is currently collaborating with researchers and practitioners across the UK and in the USA, concerned with projects in female aggression, non-apprehended offenders, and issues concerning policing. She has supervised a number of research students, some of whom have investigated female aggression and psychopathy, the effect of childhood abuse, witchcraft and child homicide, sexual assault in hidden populations, traumatic incidents experienced by police officers, characteristics of homicide, sexual deviancy and disgust responses, and incarcerated sex offenders.Previous books include Women and the Abuse of Power (Emerald), Understanding Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology (Sage), The Essence of Cognitive Psychology (Prentice-Hall), and Sex Drugs and Rock & Roll: Psychological, Legal, and Cultural Examinations of Sex and Sexuality (ID-Net Press). She has also contributed chapters to over a dozen edited books, and published widely in forensic and medical journals. Helen feels that studying criminal psychology can make one lose a sense of perspective, so she also studies cultural issues such as music and fairy tales, both of which, she has discovered, have a dark side.
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