TY - BOOK AU - McBride,Dawn M. TI - The process of research in psychology SN - 9781412960786 (pbk.) U1 - 150.72 MCB PY - 2010/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Psychology KW - Psychology, Experimental KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Psychological research : the whys and hows of the scientific method -- Hypothesis development : where research questions come from -- How psychologists use the scientific method : observation techniques and research designs -- Types of variables -- Ethical guidelines for psychological research -- Sampling -- Summarizing and interpreting data : using statistics -- Reporting research -- The nuts and bolts of survey research -- The nuts and bolts of correlational studies -- The nuts and bolts of experiments -- The nuts and bolts of quasi-experiments -- The nuts and bolts of other specialized designs -- The nuts and bolts of using statistics ER -