Psychologist as Detective, The: An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology - Hardcover

Key Benefit: This exciting new book conveys the authors' enthusiasm for research methodology through a lively, reader-friendly presentation. It makes the research process accessible and provides features to facilitate understanding of the material. Key Topics: Employs an interactive, conversational format designed to draw readers into the book and become more involved and interested in the subject. Each chapter includes Psychological Detective sections that present questions about the material in that chapter. These sections are designed to involve readers while aiding an understanding of the material. The Psychologist as Detective: An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology stresses the accessibility of research by presenting actual research in each chapter. It uses a Continuing Research Problem in each chapter to illustrate the development of different research designs and to demonstrate how different research designs are interrelated. Provides practical research experience and an opportunity to gather data and answer research questions through several easy-to-conduct research projects. Presents the fundamentals needed to become an intelligent consumer of research by helping readers learn to extract critical information from research reports. Market: This book will be useful for anyone seeking a basic, understandable introduction to psychological research, including upper level high school classes.