Holdings Information

Bibliographic Record Display

• Title:Successful research projects : a step-by-step guide / Bernard C. Beins, Ithaca College.
  
•    
• Author/Creator:Beins, Bernard.
  
• Published/Created:Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2014]
  ©2014
  

• Holdings

  Holdings Record Display

  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: BF76.5 .B4395 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Psychology--Research--Methodology.
  Research--Methodology.
  Report writing.
  
• Medical Subjects: Research Design--methods.
  Psychology.
  Research Report.
  
• Description:x, 133 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:Successful Research Projects: A Step-by-Step Guide is a concise and accessible book that guides students through each component of the research process. Using a step-by-step applied learning approach, acclaimed professor and researcher Dr. Bernard C. Beins discusses each of the key actions required for students to confidently develop, perform, analyze, and report the results of their research in a thorough, accurate, and methodologically sound manner. Throughout the book, they will discover not only how to complete each step, but how the steps at any point relate to other aspects of their research and writing.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781452203935 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1452203938 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Developing Your Research Idea
  Developing Your Ideas
  Refining Your Research Question
  Generating Your Hypothesis
  Figuring Out What Support for Your Hypothesis Would Look Like
  Preparing for Your Written Paper
  ch. 2 Expanding Your Knowledge
  Sources of Ideas
  Everyday Behaviors and Occurrences
  Previous Research
  Finding Sources That Present Possible Research Ideas
  PsycINFO
  -Finding Research That Psychologists Have Already Carried Out
  ch. 3 Acting Ethically in Your Research
  Ethical Principles and Standards of the American Psychological Association
  General Principles
  Ethical Standards
  Federal Regulations in the United States
  What Constitutes Research?
  Understanding the Concept of Risk in Research
  What Research Requires Prior Approval?
  Important Ethical Issues in Psychological Research
  Informed Consent
  Deception
  Debriefing
  Preparing for Evaluation by Your Institutional Review Board
  Commonly Requested Information for IRB Proposals
  Description of the Project
  Participants
  Risks and Benefits of Participation
  Anonymity and Confidentiality of Participation
  ch. 4 Adapting and Developing Your Methodology
  Making Use of Previous Research
  Borrowing From Previous Research
  Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale
  Ambivalent Sexism Inventory and Ambivalence Toward Men Inventory
  Measures of Personality and Social Psychology
  Various Personality Characteristics
  Defining and Measuring Your Concepts and Constructs
  Identifying Your Research Participants
  How Many Participants Do You Need?
  Do the Data Support Your Hypotheses? Planning for Your Data Analysis
  Comparing Means
  Establishing Relations Between Variables
  ch. 5 Your Results
  Why Do We Use Statistics?
  What Is Your Message?
  Statistical Significance
  Deciding Whether the Results Supported Your Hypothesis
  Results Versus Interpretations
  ch. 6 Drawing Conclusions
  Generating an Overall Statement About Support for Your Hypotheses
  Showing How Your Results Relate to Previous Research
  Conclusions and Speculation
  Using Results to Plan Future Research
  Using the Limitations in Previous Research to Move Ahead
  ch. 7 Writing a Research Report in APA Style
  Introduction Section
  Establishing the Context of Your Study
  Where Did the Ideas Come From?
  Establishing Your Research Questions and Expectations
  Method Section
  Participants
  Apparatus and Materials
  Procedure
  Design
  Results
  Discussion
  References
  Appendix A Creating a Poster Presentation
  Setting Up the PowerPoint File
  Suggestions for Poster Content
  Introduction
  Method
  Results
  Discussion
  References
  Appendix B Using SPSS for Data Analysis
  Steps in Conducing Data Analysis in SPSS
  Independent-Groups T Test
  Dependent-Groups T Test
  One-Way ANOVA
  One-Way ANOVA With Repeated Measures
  One-Way ANOVA With Repeated Measures With an Additional, Non-repeated Measures Variable
  Pearson Product-Moment Correlation
  Linear Regression.