First Steps In Research and Statistics: A Practical Workbook for Psychology Students - Hardcover

Howitt, Dennis; Cramer, Duncan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138464538 ISBN 13: 9781138464537

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

First Steps in Research and Statistics is a new, very accessible approach to learning about quantitative methods. No previous knowledge or experience is assumed and every stage of the research process is covered.Key topics include: Formulating your research questions How to choose the right statistical test for your research design Important research issues, such as questionnaire design, ethics, sampling, reliability and validity Conducting simple statistics to explore relationships and differences in your data Using statistics to explore relationships and differences in your data Writing up your research report and presenting statistics Simple and helpful worksheets and flow diagrams guide you through the research stages. Each chapter contains exercises with answers to check whether you've understood.

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About the Author

Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer both teach at Loughborough University and have written several books on research and statistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138464538
• ISBN 13: 9781138464537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300