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    <title>process of research in psychology</title>
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    <namePart>McBride, Dawn M.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>c2010</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xiv, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Dawn M. McBride.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Psychology</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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    <topic>Psychology, Experimental</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>methods</topic>
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