The Bottom Line
An essential guide for graduate students in psychology. Chapters walk readers through the steps involved in conducting research and constructing a scholarly career.
Pros
- In depth advice on conducting research
Cons
- May provide more depth than an undergraduate needs
Description
- Covers how to plan your research.
- Examine methodological issues in research.
- Provides info on data collection.
- Discusses planning your data analyses.
- Explains writing.
Guide Review - The Psychology Research Handbook
Part I discusses planning research: finding a research topic, conducting a literature search. Part II examines methodological issues: designing a study, selecting instruments, sampling. Part III examines data collection: the institutional review board, surveys, focus groups. Part IV covers data analyses: cleaning data, qualitative analyses, selecting statistical analyses, statistics, meta analysis, test construction, using archival data sets. Part V focuses on writing: APA style, rough drafts, revisions, and dealing with journal editors and reviewers. Part VI examines special topics: coordinating a research team, diversity in work styles, applying for grants, cross cultural research methodology, and the interplay of theory and research.
