RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A PROCESS APPROACH, Seventh Edition, offers students an in-depth introduction to the process of research design and methods. It is distinguished by its application of the process approach, a proven strategy for guiding students at each step in designing, conducting, and evaluating psychological research.

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I
Chapter 1: Explaining Behavior
Chapter 2: Developing and Evaluating Theories of Behavior
Chapter 3: Getting and Developing Research Ideas
Chapter 4: Choosing a Research Design
Chapter 5: Making Systematic Observations
Chapter 6: Choosing and Using Participants and Subjects
Chapter 7: Understanding Ethical Issues in the Research Process
Part II
Chapter 8: Using Nonexperimental Research
Chapter 9: Using Survey Research
Chapter 10: Using Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Experimental Designs
Chapter 11: Using Specialized Research Designs
Chapter 12: Using Single-Subject Designs
Chapter 13: Describing Data
Chapter 14: Using Inferential Statistics
Chapter 15: Using Multivariate Design and Analysis
Chapter 16: Reporting Your Research Results
Appendix: Statistical Tables
Glossary
References
Text Credits
Name Index
Subject Index