ABSTRACT
Quantitative Psychological Research: A Student's Handbook is a thoroughly revised and updated version of David Clark-Carter's extremely successful Doing Quantitative Psychological Research: From Design to Report. This comprehensive handbook verses the reader in a wide range of statistical tools in order to ensure that quantitative research and the analysis of its findings go beyond mere description towards sound hypothesis formulation and testing.
The entire research process is covered in detail, from selection of research design through to analysis and presentation of results. Core topics examined include:
* variables and the validity of research designs
* summarizing and describing data: numerous practical examples are given of both graphical and numerical methods
* reporting research both verbally and in writing
* univarate and bi-varate statistics: multivariate analysis and meta-analysis also benefit from dedicated chapters.
This catch-all reference book will prove invaluable to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, bringing clarity and reliability to each stage of the quantitative research process.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART 1 Introduction
part |2 pages
PART 2 Choice of topic, measures and research design
part |2 pages
PART 3 Methods
part |2 pages
PART 4 Data and analysis
part |2 pages
PART 5 Sharing the results
part 12|2 pages
Item and discriminative analysis on Likert scales (linked to Chapter 6)