Brief ContentsPreface PART IGeneral Issues 1 Introduction 2 The Scientific Method 3 Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Psychological Research PART IIDescriptive Methods 4 Observation 5 Survey Research PART IIIExperimental Methods 6 Independent Groups Designs 7 Repeated Measures Designs 8 Complex Designs PART IVApplied Research 9 Single-Case Designs and Small-n Research 10 Quasi-Experimental Designs and Program Evaluation PART VAnalyzing and Reporting Research 11 Data Analysis and Interpretation: Part I. Describing Data, Confidence Intervals, Correlation 12 Data Analysis and Interpretation: Part II. Tests of Statistical Significance and the Analysis Story 13 Communication in Psychology Appendix Statistical Tables Glossary References Credits Name Index Subject Index
John J. Shaughnessy is a Professor of Psychology at Hope College, a
relatively small, select, undergraduate liberal arts college in
Holland, Michigan. After completing the B.S. degree at Loyola
University of Chicago in 1969, he received his Ph.D. in 1972 from
Northwestern University. He is a Fellow of the American
Psychological Society whose recent research has focused on
practical aspects of memory. He is coauthor, with Benton J.
Underwood, of Experimentation in Psychology (Wiley, 1975). He was
selected by students in 1992 as the Hope Outstanding Professor
Educator. He has served as chairperson of the psychology department
and as a mentor in the College's Faculty Development Program for
younger faculty.
Eugene B. Zechmeister is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Loyola
University of Chicago, a large metropolitan university where he
taught both undergraduate and graduate courses. For many years at
Loyola he was the Undergraduate Program Director in Psychology.
Professor Zechmeister completed his B.A. in 1966 at the University
of New Mexico. He later received both his M.S. (1968) and Ph.D.
(1970) from Northwestern University. Professor Zechmeister has
authored books on human memory, critical thinking, and statistics,
as well as research methods in psychology. He has been a Fellow of
both the American Psychological Association (Divisions 1,2, and 3)
and the Association for Psychological Science. In 1994, he was
awarded the Loyola University Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence
in the College of Arts and Sciences. He currently lives in Santa
Fe, New Mexico.
Jeanne S. Zechmeister was an Associate Professor of Psychology at
Loyola University of Chicago, where she taught undergraduate and
graduate courses in research methodology since 1990. Professor
Zechmeister completed her B.A. at University of Wisconsin-Madison
(1983) and her M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1990) in Clinical Psychology
at Northwestern University. Her research focused on psychological
processes associated with forgiveness. Her effectiveness as a
teacher is evidenced by her many years of high teacher ratings and
by her being identified consistently each year by graduating
seniors as one of their best teachers at Loyola. She has
co-authored, with J.J. Shaughnessy and E.B. Zechmeister, the
Research Methods in Psychology text since its 5th edition
(McGraw-Hill, 2000, 2003, 2006) and Essentials of Research Methods
in Psychology (McGraw-Hill, 2001). Dr. Zechmeister now writes
professionally in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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