The Practical Researcher: A Student Guide to Conducting Psychological Research
by Dunn, Dana S.Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-11-27
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
The 2nd edition of Dunn's The Practical Researcher: A Student Guide to Conducting Psychological Research offers many new and enhance features and additions including a new section on fMRI/brain-imaging research and other non-invasive methods for measuring brain activity. The text offers updated online searching materials reviewed by reference librarians; updated sample references written in APA sty≤ new material on learning to identifying the embedded outline found in published APA style papers as a way to learn to outline papers; additional discussion of diary studies, "beeper" studies, and experience sampling methods. A new Preface and Acknowledgements is also included, as well as updated suggested references and at the end of each chapter. Furthermore, the text offers a brief section on the relation between statistical significance, effect size, and replication of results in light of the example of Bem's ESP research and information on using PowerPoint effectively. A few chapters include a rubric for helping plan and deliver oral presentations as well as revised and updated Exercises to reflect changes and additions to the earlier edition.
Author Biography
DANA S. DUNN earned his B.A. in psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Virginia. Former chair of the Psychology Department and Philosophy Department at Moravian College, he is currently Assistant Dean for Special Projects and Professor of Psychology. The author or editor of 17 books and over 120 journal articles, chapters, and book reviews, his scholarship examines teaching, learning, and liberal education, as well as the social psychology of disability. A fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Dunn is a former president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Why and How of Psychological Research
Chapter 2: Research Approaches and Generating Ideas
Chapter 3: Searching and Reading the Psychological Literature
Chapter 4: Writing: A First and Last Consideration
Chapter 5: Ethical Considerations in the Practice Of Research
Chapter 6: Experimental Research
Chapter 7: Applied and Field Research: Non-experimental Approaches
Chapter 8: Planning Analysis and Displaying Data
Chapter 9: Presenting and Publishing Research
Chapter 10: Closing Thoughts and Future Directions
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