Quantitative Psychological Research The Complete Students Companion 5th Edition 5th David Clarkcarter by David Clark-carter 9781003208419, 9781032103976, 1032103973, 100320841X instant download after payment.

Quantitative Psychological Research: The Complete Student's Companion expertly guides the reader through all the stages involved in undertaking quantitative psychological research: designing a study, choosing a sample of people, undertaking the study, analysing the data and reporting the research. Accessibly written and clearly presented, the book is designed for anyone learning to conduct quantitative psychological research as well as being a reference work for professional psychologists. It covers the full research process, from the original idea to reporting the completed study, emphasising the importance of looking beyond statistical significance in evaluating data. The book provides step-by-step guidance on choosing, interpreting and reporting the appropriate analysis, featuring worked examples and extended calculations as appendixes for readers who wish to delve further. This edition features a new chapter examining ideas on how causality might be identified when data is not obtained from an experiment and has been thoroughly updated throughout to reflect latest research practices. Care has been taken to avoid tying the book to any specific statistical software, providing readers with a thorough grounding in the basics no matter which package they go on to use. This is a must-read for professional psychologists as well as students and researchers of psychology, statistics and research methods. This book is also invaluable for anyone interested in conducting quantitative psychological research.