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Textbooks on Conducting Research
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Research Methods |
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 General Introductory Texts:
- Bell, P. B., Staines, P., & Mitchell, J. (2001). Evaluating, Doing and Writing Research in Psychology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Bordens, K. S., & Abbott, B. B. (2013). Research Design and Methods: A Process Approach (9th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
- Christensen, L. B., Johnson, R. B., Turner, L. A. (2013). Research Methods, Design, and Analysis (12th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- Devlin, A. S. (2006). Research Methods: Planning, Conducting, and Presenting Research. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
- Dunn, D. S. (2012). The Practical Researcher: A Student Guide to Conducting Psychological Research (3rd ed.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Dyer, C. (2006). Research in Psychology: A Practical Guide to Methods and Statistics (2nd ed.). London: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Elmes, D. G., Kantowitz, B. H., & Roediger, H. L., III (2011). Research Methods in Psychology (9th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
- Gliner, J. A., Morgan, G. A., & Leech, N. L. (2016). Research Methods in Applied Settings: An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Goodwin, C. J. (2016). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (8th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
- Graziano, A. M., & Raulin, M. L. (2012). Research Methods: A Process of Inquiry (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
- Leary, M. R. (2011). Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
- Leong, F. T. L., & Austin, J. T. (2005). The Psychology Research Handbook: A Guide for Graduate Students and Research Assistants (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- McBurney, D. H., & White, T. L. (2009). Research Methods (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
- Mitchell, M. L., & Jolley, J. M. (2012). Research Design Explained (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
- Morling, B. (2018). Research Methods in Psychology: Evaluating a World of Information (3rd ed.). New York: W. W. Norton.
- Pelham, B. W., & Blanton, H. (2012). Conducting Research in Psychology: Measuring the Weight of Smoke (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
- Ray, W. J. (2011). Methods Toward a Science of Behavior and Experience (10th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
- Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R. L. (2008). Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data Analysis (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Rosnow, R. L., & Rosenthal, R. (2012). Beginning Behavioral Research: A Conceptual Primer (7th ed.). Upper Saddle, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
- Salkind, N. J. (2016). Exploring Research (9th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Smith, R. A., & Davis, S. (2012). The Psychologist as Detective: An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology (6th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Sommer, R., & Sommer, B. (2002). A Practical Guide to Behavioral Research: Tools and Techniques (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Stangor, C. (2014). Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
- Whitley, B. E., Jr., & Kite, M. E. (2013). Principles of Research in Behavioral Science (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge.
Experimental Methods:
- Martin, D. W. (2008). Doing Psychology Experiments (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage.
- Maxwell, S. E., & Delaney, H. D. (2004). Designing Experiments and Analyzing Data: A Model Comparison Perspective (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Sani, F., & Todman, J. (2006). Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.
Research in Social Psychology:
- Abelson, R. P., Frey, K. P., & Gregg, A. P. (2004). Experiments with People: Revelations from Social Psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Aronson, E., Ellsworth, P., Carlsmith, J. M., & Gonzales, M. H. (1990). Methods of Research in Social Psychology (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Breakwell, G. (Ed.). (2004). Doing Social Psychology Research. London: Blackwell.
- Cozby, P. C. (2007). Methods in Behavioral Research (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
- Crano, W. D., & Brewer, M. B. (2014). Principles and Methods of Social Research (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Dunn, D. S. (2012). Research Methods for Social Psychology (2nd ed.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Dooley, D. (2001). Social Research Methods (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Harman, J. J., & Lehmiller, J. J. (2012). A Social Psychology Research Experience. San Diego, CA: Cognella.
- Hoyle, R. H., Harris, M. J., & Judd, C M. (2009). Research Methods in Social Relations (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
- Milgram, S. [Blass, T. (Ed.)] (2010). The Individual in a Social World: Essays and Experiments (3rd expanded ed.). London: Pinter & Martin.
- Neuman, W. L. (2012). Basics of Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- Reis, H. T., & Judd, C. M. (Eds.). (2014). Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Sansone, C., Morf, C. C., & Panter, A. T. (Eds.). (2004). The Sage Handbook of Methods in Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Literature Searches and Reviews:
Surveys and Questionnaires:
- Alreck, P. L., & Settle, R. B. (2004). The Survey Research Handbook (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
- Bradburn, N. M., Sudman, S., & Wansink, B. (2004). Asking Questions: The Definitive Guide to Questionnaire Design -- For Market Research, Political Polls, and Social and Health Questionnaires (rev. ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- Czaja, R., & Blair, J. (2013). Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
- Dillman, D. A. (2014). Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method (4th ed.). New York: Wiley.
- Frey, J. H. (1989). Survey Research by Telephone (2nd ed.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
- Salant, P., & Dillman, D. A. (1994). How to Conduct Your Own Survey. New York: Wiley.
- Schuman, H., & Presser, S. (1996). Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys: Experiments on Question Form, Wording, and Context (reprint ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Sudman, S., Bradburn, N. M., & Schwarz, N. (2010). Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- Tourangeau, R., Rips, L. J., & Rasinski, K. (2000). The Psychology of Survey Response. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Interviews and Focus Groups:
Personality Assessment:
- Beutler, L. E., & Groth-Marnat, G. (Eds.). (2012). Integrative Assessment of Adult Personality (3rd ed.). New York: Guilford Publications.
- Gregory, R. J. (2013). Psychological Testing: History, Principles, and Applications (7th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
- Mischel, W. (1996). Personality and Assessment. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Shrout, P. E., & Fiske, S. T. (Eds.). (1995). Personality Research, Methods, and Theory (A Festschrift Honoring Donald W. Fiske). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Internet-Based Research:
- Best, S. J., & Krueger, B. S. (2004). Internet Data Collection. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Birnbaum, M. H. (2000). Introduction to Behavioral Research on the Internet. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Birnbaum, M. H. (Ed.). (2000). Psychological Experiments on the Internet. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
- Fraley, R. C. (2004). How to Conduct Behavioral Research over the Internet: A Beginner's Guide to HTML and CGI/Perl. New York: Guilford Press.
- Hewson, C., Yule, P., Laurent, D., & Vogel, C. (2016). Internet Research Methods: A Practical Guide for the Social and Behavioural Sciences (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Schonlau, M., Fricker, R. D., Jr., & Elliott, M. N. (2002). Conducting Research Surveys Via E-Mail and the Web. Santa Monica, CA: Rand.
Qualitative Research:
- Berg, B. L. (2016). Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences (9th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- Camic, P. M., Rhodes, J. E., & Yardley, L. (Eds.). (2003). Qualitative Research in Psychology: Expanding Perspectives in Methodology and Design. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Flick, U. (2014). An Introduction to Qualitative Research (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Glesne, C. (2015). Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction (5th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Hill, C. E. (Ed.). (2012). Consensual Qualitative Research: A Practical Resource for Investigating Social Science Phenomena. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Maxwell, J. A. (2013). Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (3rd ed.). London: Sage Publications.
- Patton, M. Q. (2014). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Silverman, D. (2013). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Silverman, D. (Ed.). (2016). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Strauss, A. L., & Corbin, J. M. (2014). Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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Studies on Humans:
- Buchanan, D., Fisher, C. B., & Gable, L. (Eds.). (2009). Research With High-Risk Populations: Balancing Science, Ethics, and Law. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Coleman, C. H., Menikoff, J. H., Goldner, J. A., & Dubler, N. N. (2015). The Ethics and Regulation of Research with Human Subjects (2nd ed.). Newark, NJ: LexisNexis.
- Farrell, A. (2005). Ethical Research With Children. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.
- Sales, B. D., & Folkman, S. (Eds.). (2000). Ethics in Research With Human Participants. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Studies on Nonhuman Animals:
- Akins, C. K., Panicker, S., & Cunningham, C. L. (Eds.). (2004). Laboratory Animals in Research and Teaching: Ethics, Care, and Methods. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Gluck, J. P., DiPasquale, T., & Orlans, F. B. (Eds.). (2002). Applied Ethics in Animal Research: Philosophy, Regulation, and Laboratory Applications. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
- Orlans, F. B., Beauchamp, T. L., Dresser, R., Morton, D. B., & Gluck, J. P. (2008). The Human Use of Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Other Research Ethics Textbooks:
- Banyard, P., & Flanagan, C. (2006). Ethical Issues and Guidelines in Psychology. New York: Routledge.
- Bersoff, D. N. (Ed.). (2008). Ethical Conflicts in Psychology (4th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Francis, R. (2009). Ethics for Psychologists (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Kimmel, A. J. (1988). Ethics and Values in Applied Social Research. London: Sage Publications.
- Lee-Treweek, G., & Linkogle, S. (Eds.). (2000). Danger in the Field: Ethics and Risk in Social Research. New York: Routledge.
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Data Analysis |
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Introductory Statistics:
- Abelson, R. P. (1995). Statistics as Principled Argument. Philadelphia,PA: Psychology Press.
- Aron, A., Aron, E. N., & Coups, E. (2012). Statistics for Psychology (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
- Davis, S. F., & Smith, R. A. (2004). An Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods: Becoming a Psychological Detective. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Gravetter, F. J., & Wallnau, L. B. (2013). Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
- Heiman, G. W. (2013). Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin/Cengage Learning.
- Hinton, P. R. (2004). Statistics Explained: A Guide for Social Science Students (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
- Howell, D. C. (2012). Statistical Methods for Psychology (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
- King, B. M., Rosopa, P. J., & Minium, E. W. (2010). Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
- Morgan, G. A., Leech, N. L., Gloeckner, G. W., & Barrett, K. C. (2012). IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics: Use and Interpretation (5th ed.). New York: Routledge Academic.
- Moore, D. S., & McCabe, G. P. (2014). Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (8th ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman.
- Moore, D. S., & Notz, W. (2012). Statistics: Concepts and Controversies (8th ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman.
- Sprinthall, R. C. (2011). Basic Statistical Analysis (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon/Pearson.
- Urdan, T. C. (2010). Statistics in Plain English (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge Academic.
- Utts, J. M. (2014). Seeing Through Statistics (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
- Utts, J. M., & Heckard, R. F. (2014). Mind on Statistics (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
- Warner, R. M. (2012). Applied Statistics: From Bivariate Through Multivariate Techniques. (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Welkowitz, J., Cohen, B. H., & Ewen, R. B. (2011). Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (7th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
- Wilson, J. H. (2004). Essential Statistics. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Witte, R. S., & Witte, J. S. (2013). Statistics (10th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
- Other statistics textbooks from Pearson Higher Education
Statistics for Non-Quantitative Readers:
- Caldwell, S. (2012). Statistics Unplugged (4rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
- Kranzler, G., Moursund, J., & Kranzler, J. H. (2006). Statistics for the Terrified (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Rowntree, D. (2003). Statistics Without Tears: A Primer for Non-Mathematicians (Allyn & Bacon Classics Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon/Pearson.
- Salkind, N. J. (2013). Statistics For People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Silverthorne, C. (2010). Common Sense Statistics (6th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.
Meta-Analysis:
- Hunter, J. E., & Schmidt, F. L. (2014). Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings (3nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Lipsey, M. W., & Wilson, D. B. (2000). Practical Meta-Analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Schulze, R. (2004). Meta-Analysis: A Comparison of Approaches. Toronto: Hogrefe & Huber.
- Schulze, R., Holling, H., & Böhning, D. (Eds.). (2003). Meta-Analysis: New Developments and Applications in Medical and Social Sciences. Cambridge, MA: Hogrefe & Huber.
Qualitative Data Analysis:
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