Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods: Becoming a Psychological Detective

<p>&nbsp; 1. The Science of Psychology.</p> <p>&nbsp; 2. Research Ideas and Hypotheses.</p> <p>&nbsp; 3. Ethics in Psychological Research.</p> <p>&nbsp; 4. Basic Statistical Concepts, Frequency Tables, Graphs, Frequency Distributions, and Measures of Central Tendency.</p> <p>&nbsp; 5. The Basics of Experimentation I: Variables and Control.</p> <p>&nbsp; 6. Summarizing and Comparing Data: Measures of Variation, Distribution of Means and the Standard Error of the Mean, and z Scores.</p> <p>&nbsp; 7. The Basics of Experimentation II: Final Considerations, Unanticipated Influences, and Cross-Cultural Issues.</p> <p>&nbsp; 8. Correlation and Prediction.</p> <p>&nbsp; 9. Probability, the Normal Curve, and Sampling.</p> <p>10. Designing and Conducting Experiments with Two Groups.</p> <p>11. Inferential Tests of Significance I: t tests—Analyzing Experiments with Two Groups.</p> <p>12. Designing and Conducting Experiments with More Than Two Groups.</p> <p>13. Inferential Tests of Significance II: Analyzing and Interpreting Experiments with More Than Two Groups.</p> <p>14. Designing and Conducting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables.</p> <p>15. Inferential Tests of Significance III: Analyzing and Interpreting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables.</p> <p>16. Alternative Research Designs.</p> <p>17. External Validity and Critiquing Experimental Research.</p> <p>18. Data Transformations and Nonparametric Tests of Significance.</p> <p>19. Nonexperimental Methods.</p> <p>20. Writing and Assembling an APA-Format Research Report.</p> <p>Appendix A: Statistical Tables.</p> <p>Appendix B: Check Your Progress Answers.</p> <p>Appendix C: Answers to Exercises</p> <p>References</p> <p>Index</p>